The Braes, Hellihole Road, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3DY
Approved on 7 April 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Change of use of part of building to a self-catering unit
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Stromness & South Isles
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 70 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Braes, Hellihole Road, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3DY. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Stromness & South Isles. We hold 136 applications in total for the KW16 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
- KW16 3DY
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stromness Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- KW15 1DN
- Agent address
- 14 Victoria Street Kirkwall United Kingdom KW15 1DN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shankha Weerasekara
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Associated applications
- 20265 Jan
Change of use of part of building to a self-catering unit
This applicationApprovedFull26/001/PP - 20265 Jan
Change of use of part of building to a self-catering unit
ApprovedPlanning PermissionFiled alongside26/002/PP
Source: Orkney
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