Planning applicationORK/26/228/PP

Garden House, New Scapa Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BL

Awaiting decisionWorth watchingChange of Use & Conversions
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Received

30 July 2026

Validated

24 August 2026

Planning Signals

2 detected traits

Use
Hotel
Specific
Boarding House Accommodation
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Change of use from boarding house to hotel, no physical works proposed.

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Application ORK/26/228/PP

Garden House, New Scapa Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BL

Awaiting decisionChange of Use & ConversionsReceived Orkney Islands Council

Change of use from boarding house to hotel, no physical works proposed.

The record

Reference
ORK/26/228/PP
Address
Garden House, New Scapa Road, Kirkwall Orkney KW15 1BL
Status
Awaiting decision
Category
Change of Use & Conversions
Impact scale
1/10
Authority
Orkney Islands Council

Timeline

Received
Validated
Last scraped
Record created

Additional application data

Latitude
58.9745
Longitude
-2.9627

What is proposed

Plain-language summary

Change of use from boarding house to hotel, no physical works proposed.

As filed with the council

Change of use from previously consented 'Boarding House (Class 7)' to 'Hotel (Class 7)'

Supporting documents(3)