Bank Of Scotland, 56 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1HJ Data via plota.co.uk
26/206/TC - Treeworks in Conservation Area
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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Validated
16 Jul 2026
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Approved
27 Aug 2026
Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Sept 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
39 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Bank Of Scotland, 56 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Grade B, about 4 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade A, 21 Grade B, 17 Grade C
The site itself is not listed. 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 all 39 with distances
- 4 mBank Of Scotland, 56 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 10 m52, 54 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 17 m59 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 24 m63, 65 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 24 m2 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 29 m67 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 31 m2 The Strynd, KirkwallGrade B
- 39 m4 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 39 mTea Rooms, The Strynd South, KirkwallGrade B
- 39 mTea Rooms, The Strynd South, KirkwallGrade B
- 40 m47 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 44 mDavidson's, 42 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 52 mOrkney Tourist Board, 6 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 58 mPatrick Traill's House, 43 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 60 m34 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 61 m8 Broad St, KirkwallGrade B
- 63 m43 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 73 m41 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 76 m35 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 76 m5 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 80 m9 King Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 81 mCustoms House, 33 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 86 mWar Memorial, St Magnus Cathedral, KirkwallGrade A
- 99 mMounthoolie, 27-29 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 102 m31 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 108 m17, 19, 21 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 114 m20 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 118 mPublic Library, Laing Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 125 mOrkadale, 9 Albert Square, KirkwallGrade C
- 127 m10 Laing Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 127 m10 King Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 129 m1 School Place, KirkwallGrade C
- 131 m8 King Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 133 mTown Hall, 23 Broad Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 142 mDrinking Fountain, Cathedral Green, KirkwallGrade C
- 144 mFormer Commercial Bank, 8 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 146 m9 Albert Street, KirkwallGrade C
- 147 m2 King Street, KirkwallGrade B
- 148 mChurch Of Scotland, King Street, KirkwallGrade C
Kirkwall 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.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 164 m away: Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
- Treeworks in Conservation Area
- Postcode
- KW15 1HJ
- Received
- 10 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Kirkwall West & Orphir
- Parish
- Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 27 Aug 2026
- Decision
- No Objections
- Decision date
- 27 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
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How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, 6 days slower than Orkney's median of 36 for tree works. Approved, as 96% of tree works here are.
This one42d
Council36d
UK36d
89%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
63,811decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree works decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent tree works in Orkney to go on. Orkney decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 3 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 100761703-001
- Statutory expiry
- 27 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
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