Heather Cottage, Berstane Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1SZ
Approved on 2 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee4 conditions
Proposal
Extend a house
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Ward
- Kirkwall East
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 112 days (council typically 91)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Heather Cottage, Berstane Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1SZ. Orkney has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 3 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 1SZ
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 July 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shankha Weerasekara
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Source: Orkney
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