Upper Mossetter, Dounby, Orkney
Approved on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Erect a house with an integral garage and an air source heat pump (replacement house, one for one), reinstate redundant former house as an outbuilding, and create an access
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- West Mainland
- Agent
- Breck Designs
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Upper Mossetter, Dounby, Orkney. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 5 weeks quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across West Mainland.
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
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harray & Sandwick Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Breck Designs
- Architect profile
- BRECK DESIGNS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Kveldsro Weyland Terrace Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1LS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Isla McLeod
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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