Houton Road, Orphir, Orkney Data via plota.co.uk

26/223/SCR - Screening Awaiting decision

Proposal

Screening opinion request for coastal protection works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 10:37

Application progress

✓

Received

23 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

1 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 38.

Documents 7

Site constraints 2

Special protection area about 220 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. 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: Screening
Postcode: KW17 2RD
Received: 23 Jul 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Ward: Kirkwall West & Orphir
Parish: Orphir Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 38, past Orkney's usual 20 days for eia screening and scoping opinions. 98% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 1 Dec 2026.

predicted

Day 3818 days to the 56-day target

93%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

1,442decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Orkney to go on. Orkney decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Houton Ferry Terminal And Toilets (Land Near) Houton Road, Orphir, Orkney

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