Orkney Islands Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Orkney Islands Council decided more than 310 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 6% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 77 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Orkney Islands Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Figures for Orkney Islands Council
| Applications decided | more than 310 |
|---|---|
| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 6%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 77 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 26 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 8%fewer than one in ten |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 15plan adopted 2017 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.