21 Bridge Street, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1HR Data via plota.co.uk

25/393/LB - Listed Building Awaiting decision

Proposal

Internal alterations to facilitate change of use to short term let including installation of shower, WC and partition wall Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
20 Nov 2025
Decision
Target date was 20 Jan 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 344.

Site constraints 3

Grade B listed: 21, 23 Bridge Street, Kirkwall
List entry LB36763 · 6 m away · 46 more listed buildings within 150 m (27 Grade B, 19 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 46 with distances
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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
Listed Building
Postcode
KW15 1HR
Received
20 Nov 2025
Validated
20 Nov 2025
Ward
Kirkwall West & Orphir
Parish
Kirkwall & St Ola Community Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Jan 2026
Applicant
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Agent
LBCA

Decision outlook

Day 344, past the statutory target. 83% of listed building works in Orkney are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 344288 days past the 56-day target
10%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
29decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
100634419-004
Statutory expiry
20 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No