Meeting
Planning Committee - 26 August 2026
Past- Date
- 8th February 2026
- Time
- 09:30 to 13:30
- Venue
- Council Chamber - Council Offices
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Agenda planning committee 26 august 2026
This document contains the notice and agenda for Orkney Islands Council’s Planning Committee meeting on 26 August 2026 at 9.30am in the Council Chamber, Kirkwall. The public meeting can also be joined remotely and will be broadcast and recorded online. Members will consider two planning applications: a veterinary surgery and related works at Hatston Brae, and an extension to a house at 3 Robertson Loan, Kirkwall.
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Item 1 land between hatston brae and grainbank 26 049 pp
This document contains a Planning Committee report on an application to build a new veterinary surgery with staff and visitor parking, four air source heat pumps, two accesses and landscaping on land between Hatston Brae and Grainbank, Kirkwall. The report notes 39 valid representations, including 29 objections, and assesses concerns about traffic, residential amenity, drainage, biodiversity and the historic setting. It recommends approval, subject to conditions covering access from Hatston Brae only, visibility, parking, customer and delivery hours, construction noise, lighting, landscaping, drainage and heat pump noise.
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Item 2 3 robertson loan kirkall 26 158 hh
This document contains a planning report on application 26/158/HH for rear and side extensions to 3 Robertson Loan, Kirkwall, considered by the Planning Committee on 26 August 2026. One objection raises concerns about planning policy, design, privacy, biodiversity and planning history. The report finds the amended design and proposed privacy and planting measures acceptable, with no objection from Scottish Water or Roads Services. It recommends approval, subject to conditions covering construction hours, obscure glazing, a 1.8m fence, biodiversity planting and starting work within three years.
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