urban-conservation-areas-management-plan.pdf

This document contains planning advice for managing Orkney’s four urban conservation areas: Kirkwall, Stromness, St Margaret’s Hope and Balfour Village. It explains the legal context and five core principles covering the retention of historic buildings, suitable alterations and new development, protection of open spaces, and archaeology. It also gives detailed guidance on materials, roofs, windows, doors, shopfronts, signs, boundaries and extensions.