Old Papdale Halls Of Residence, Berstane Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1NA
Approved on 11 August 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions7 conditions
Proposal
Demolish former halls of residence and landscape site
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall East
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 152 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Old Papdale Halls Of Residence, Berstane Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1NA. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 10 weeks longer than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Kirkwall East. 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 1NA
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 79-81 Academy Street Inverness Scotland IV1 1LU
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Alison Poke
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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