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Orkney Islands Council is delighted to announce that from Monday 14 September the reception at the Warehouse Building in Stromness will open to the public, to deal with customer services enquiries (payments, blue badges etc.) and police counter enquiries.

Press Release from Orkney’s Economic Recovery Steering Group

A new group has been tasked with building and driving forward a strategy for Orkney’s recovery from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Orkney Islands Council has signed an agreement with Hoy Energy Ltd which will ensure that the island’s income from the existing community turbine won’t be adversely affected by the potential development of a council-owned wind farm in Hoy.

OIC launches school crossing patrol officer recruitment drive

Orkney Islands Council is inviting tenders for the contract to extend and refurbish St Andrews Primary School in Orkney.

Views are invited on a state-of-the-seas appraisal of the waters around Orkney.

Voters are being encouraged to cast their vote by post in the North Isles by-election.

The by-election on Thursday 1 October is being held to elect a councillor to represent the ward on Orkney Islands Council.

From Monday 7 September Orkney Islands Councils Sport and Leisure Service will take bookings for their sport and leisure facilities ahead of their reopening during the week commencing 14 September.

Orkney Islands Council would like to thank parents and carers for their swift response to the request for information on their childcare needs.

Further to advice issued on 22 May 2020, regarding remote verification inspection procedures, we are now satisfied that COVID-19 restrictions have eased sufficiently to allow the resumption of site inspection, although initially this applies to unoccupied premises only.

Web accessible guidance for Verification Inspection services is available in PDF format from the 'Related Downloads' section of this page.