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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Shetland Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,698 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2004 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Kergord Hatchery Brig Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LW
Received 28 Feb 2017Haygreen Croft Blett Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HF
Received 1 Mar 2017Scalloway Hotel Main Street Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TR
Received 2 Mar 2017Methodist Church Wadbister Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ
Received 3 Mar 2017Bridge End Burra ZE2 9LD
Received 3 Mar 2017Adjacent Doonaboots Papil Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD
Received 7 Mar 2017Northeast Of Heockness, Gruting Voe
Received 2 Mar 2017North Of Greenhead, Gruting Voe
Received 2 Mar 2017Mews Wester Quarff Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EZ
Received 9 Mar 2017Near Tingwall Airport Tingwall Shetland
Received 10 Mar 2017Swinister Voe, Delting
Received 13 Mar 20179 Hulsidale Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9LF
Received 13 Mar 2017North Knowes Twatt Bixter Shetland ZE2 9LX
Received 13 Mar 2017Vaila Hall Vaila Road Isle Of Vaila Shetland ZE2 9PA
Received 13 Mar 2017Rackwick Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RU
Received 13 Mar 2017Smithfield Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 14 Mar 2017Loomsdale Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 14 Mar 2017Chapelside Sand Garderhouse Shetland ZE2 9NQ
Received 14 Mar 2017Lewick Ice Factory Shearers Quay Garthspool Lerwick Shetland
Received 17 Mar 201710 Atlaness Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9XW
Received 20 Mar 2017Turryfield Sandness Shetland ZE2 9PL
Received 22 Mar 2017Taing Croft Bridge-End Burra Shetland ZE2 9LE
Received 21 Mar 2017Central Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 22 Mar 2017Development Site Adjacent To Gaet-A-Gott Tingwall Shetland
Received 28 Mar 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Shetland Islands, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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