Lyness, Orkney, KW16 3PH
Approved on 16 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Install 1 x 9 metre wooden pole
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Stromness & South Isles
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 21 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is an outline application at Lyness, Orkney, KW16 3PH. Orkney has handled 231 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 10 weeks quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. 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.
97% of outline 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 3PH
- Application type
- Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Graemsay, Hoy & Walls Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Miss Inga Davidson
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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