1 Orquil Cottage, Orquil Road, St Ola, Orkney KW15 1SA
Approved on 13 May 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions4 conditions
Proposal
Change of use of land to domestic and extend a house
- Received
- 9 February 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- Agent
- Cindy Mackenzie Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided13 May
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Orquil Cottage, Orquil Road, St Ola, Orkney KW15 1SA. 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 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 1SA
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 May 2026
- Decision issued
- 12 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Cindy Mackenzie Architectural Services
- Agent address
- Braeside Ontoft Road St. Margaret's Hope Orkney KW17 2TL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Isla McLeod
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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