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Following a successful 12-week consultation on the draft Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan, the Council’s Marine Planning Team will now be carefully considering the raft of comments received and updating the draft plan. 

Dates for online Orkney Matters 2 events have been announced.  

Sustrans will shortly be carrying out a community engagement exercise around the traffic management of part of Kirkwall’s main throughfare. 

Folk in Orkney are being asked to help shape a Council strategy that will support tackling greenhouse gas emissions from all buildings in the county.

The Council’s Transportation Service is seeking further feedback from South Ronaldsay residents to ‘fine tune’ the pilot on-demand door-to-door community transport service in the area. 

The Council’s Marine Planners are delighted with the significant wave of interest shown in the draft Orkney Regional Marine Plan and Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance consultations. 

The date for the Orkney Matters 2 Kirkwall event has been announced.  

Landowners and communities who wish to submit their ideas or have their sites considered for development as part of the review of Orkney’s Local Development Plan have until the end of the month to submit their details.

Tenants, applicants for council housing and other housing stakeholders are being asked to help feedback on the Council’s current approach to tenant participation and engagement.