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5 Mounthoolie Place, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1JZ

26/008/TCTreeworks in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Fell two trees and prune tree

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kirkwall West & Orphir
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 34 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Mounthoolie Place, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1JZ. Orkney has handled 52 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Kirkwall West & Orphir. We hold 949 applications in total for the KW15 postcode area.

100% of trees 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 1JZ
Application type
Treeworks in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Old Scapa Road Kirkwall Orkney

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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