Source: Orkney Islands Council·Updated daily·Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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Plota holds 293 current planning applications from Orkney Islands Council, received since 26 Nov 2024, 64 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 4,700 earlier applications from Orkney Islands Council, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at planningandwarrant.orkney.gov.uk and checked every day; the last check was on 8 Oct 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
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