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Quanterness Farm, St Ola, Orkney KW15 1TY

26/083/APNAgricultural Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erect a GP shed

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kirkwall West & Orphir
Agent
AR Structural Design Ltd
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 16 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is an outline application at Quanterness Farm, St Ola, Orkney KW15 1TY. Orkney has handled 231 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 7 weeks quicker than Orkney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Kirkwall West & Orphir. We hold 949 applications in total for the KW15 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
KW15 1TY
Application type
Agricultural Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026
Permission expires
6 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AR Structural Design Ltd
Agent address
Chaos Petertown Road Orphir Orphir UK KW17 2RE

Planning decision

Case officer
Miss Inga Davidson
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Orkney

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