The Balfour, Foreland Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NZ
Approved on 2 November 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions10 conditions
Proposal
Create car park
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 5 November 2026
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Nov
Decided in 321 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Balfour, Foreland Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NZ. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 350 days, 37 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Kirkwall West & Orphir. We hold 949 applications in total for the KW15 postcode area.
96% of full applications at Orkney Islands Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- KW15 1NZ
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- KW15 1DN
- Agent address
- 14 Victoria Street Kirkwall United Kingdom KW15 1DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 62 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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