37 & 39 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3BS Data via plota.co.uk

26/227/PP - Planning Permission Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use from Post Office to mixed use facility (Class 1A/3/10) including creative arts-hub and café/retail. Demolish existing rear outbuildings and form three-storey extension, remove trees, install PV panels and air source heat pumps Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

28 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

19 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 30 Oct 2026, from Orkney's recent extensions.

Documents 40

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Planning Permission Application Form · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 8

PDF Design and Access Statement - Part C - 3rd of 3 Supporting Document · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey Drawing Drawing · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Topo Survey Dwg and Site Boundary Drawing · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Aerial Survey Photograph superimposed on survey Supporting Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement - Part A - 1st of 3 Supporting Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement - Part B - 2nd of 3 Supporting Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Enhancement Form Supporting Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Japanese Knotweed Survey Supporting Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

PDF Land Ownership Certificate Other · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Scottish Water Consultation Response · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Notification List Neighbour Notification List · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee List Consultee List · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade C listed: 49-51 Victoria Street, Stromness

List entry LB45430 · 30 m away · 32 more listed buildings within 150 m (11 Grade B, 21 Grade C)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show the other 32 with distances

37 m30 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
45 m28 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
49 m68 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
59 mThe Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
59 m80 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
60 mRegistrar's Office, 20 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
65 m69-73 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
69 m5 Church Road, StromnessGrade C
69 mAlexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
78 m17 Church Road, StromnessGrade C
80 m19 Church Road, StromnessGrade C
81 mTown House, 11-13 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
81 mHarbour Office, 16 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
93 m81, 83 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
94 m79 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
95 mNorth Church, Church Road, StromnessGrade C
100 m102 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
101 m5-9 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
102 m85, 87, 89, 91 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
117 m1 Manse Lane, StromnessGrade B
120 m3 Manse Lane, StromnessGrade B
121 m110 Victoria Street, 108, StromnessGrade C
121 m108A Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
122 mRoyal Bank Of Scotland, 1, 3 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
124 mWarehouse, 8 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
130 mBank Of Scotland, 97 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
133 mSeafield, 112 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
140 m116 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade B
144 mThe Miller's House, 13 John Street, StromnessGrade B
146 m105, 107 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
147 mThe Bothy, Sunderland's Pier, Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C
150 m126 Victoria Street, StromnessGrade C

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Stromness conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Special protection area 171 m away: Scapa Flow

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Orkney
Application type: Planning Permission
Postcode: KW16 3BS
Received: 28 Jul 2026
Validated: 19 Aug 2026
Ward: Stromness & South Isles
Parish: Stromness Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Reiach and Hall Architects

Decision outlook

Day 72, past the statutory target. 74% of extensions in Orkney are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 18 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 29 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 7216 days past the 56-day target

29%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

6%go to committee

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Orkney in the last twelve months, from validation. Orkney decision record →