Efforts are under way to trace the source of bogus planning objections, submitted in an attempt to derail plans for a 92-bed hotel in the centre of Kirkwall. Following a story published in The Orcadian this week, it has emerged that an objection purported to be sent from the former proprietor of the Kirkwall Hotel is false. That objection, and another claiming to be from the owner of the Stromness Hotel, has now been removed from Orkney Islands Council’s planning portal, where the documents were publicly available. Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has launched an investigation into the matter — which is believed to be the first incident of its kind in since the introduction of a digital planning portal here. Mr Kemp has said that the “strange” bogus objections are something he has “never seen before.”“I guess it’s just someone mischief-making,” said Mr Kemp.