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Shetland Islands
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Shetland Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

9,760Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,809 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,693 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and Building Local plan Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation Areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiries01595744293 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

More application records

Decided2017/037/PPF
Erect new storage shed (Use Class 6)
Blacksness Pier Blacksness Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TQ
Received 9 Feb 2017
Decided2017/038/PPF
Proposed front & rear extensions & external balcony and decking to rear
3 Twageos Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BB
Received 9 Feb 2017
Decided2017/039/LBC
Maintenance and Building Repairs.
Gutters Hut North Ness Business Park Shetland ZE1 0LZ
Received 10 Feb 2017
Decided2017/040/PPF
To erect new store
Upper Scalloway Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UP
Received 13 Feb 2017
Decided2017/041/PPF
Installation of a below ground tie in point to the existing 302 SIRGE pipline
Land Adjacent To The SGP Access Road Sullom Voe
Received 10 Feb 2017
Decided2017/042/PPF
To install 3 no. air source heat pumps
Cunningsburgh Public Hall Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB
Received 9 Feb 2017
Decided2017/043/CLUP
Certificate of Lawfulness Application for the installation of additional plant, pipe work and hardstanding areas
B P Exp Operating Co Ltd Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 13 Feb 2017
Decided2017/044/PPP
Proposal to build a single story three bedroom dwelling house
Adjacent Highwinds Vatster Yell Shetland ZE2 9BU
Received 14 Feb 2017
Decided2017/045/PNT
proposed installation of electronic communications apparatus.
Fair Isle
Received 15 Feb 2017
Decided2017/046/PPF
Re-render building, replace existing windows with like for like, replace sliding door with window
Former Spinning Wheel Shop Esplanade Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LL
Received 15 Feb 2017
Decided2017/047/PPF
Erect extension and reroof house (retrospective application)
Malabar Challister Brough Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AN
Received 14 Feb 2017
Decided2017/048/PPF
To construct extension to existing dwelling house
12 Pegasus Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NZ
Received 17 Feb 2017
Decided2017/049/PPF
To demolish small outhouse and construct new domestic extension to West (side) elevation of existing dwelling house
Easthouse Grobsness Voe Shetland ZE2 9PY
Received 20 Feb 2017
Decided2017/050/PPP
Planning permission in principle to erect single story 3 bedroom dwelling with integral garage.
Ballister Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 20 Feb 2017
Decided2017/051/PPF
BT Broadband cabinet (retrospective)
Junction Of Dalsetter Wynd Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JH
Received 17 Feb 2017
Decided2017/052/PPP
Erect dwelling house planning permission in principle
Adjacent The Bungalow Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JF
Received 20 Feb 2017
Decided2017/053/PPF
To construct domestic extension to existing dwelling house
Vatnabrekk Swinister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 21 Feb 2017
Decided2017/054/PPF
Erect dwelling house with integral garage/workshop and air-source heat pump.
Adjacent Summerset House Greenfield Road Cullister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9NZ
Received 21 Feb 2017
Decided2017/056/PPF
To construct general purpose agricultural building with slatted sheep pens
Adjacent Serrang Stromfirth Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LH
Received 23 Feb 2017
Decided2017/057/PPP
planning permission in principle to erect a dwelling house
North Wart Bressay Shetland ZE2 9ER
Received 23 Feb 2017
Decided2017/058/PPF
Change of use of land from grazing to class 4 business/industrial use, extension of building and car parking
Marine Park Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 23 Feb 2017
Decided2017/059/PPF
Insert windows in north elevation
Tingwall Public Hall Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SE
Received 24 Feb 2017
Appeal Upheld2017/060/PPF
Erection of a 1.5 storey 4 bedroom timber framed dwelling, externally clad in block-work and rendered plus creation of associated access road and parking/turning area
Bridge Of Walls Shetland ZE2 9NP
Received 27 Feb 2017
Decided2017/061/APN
To erect poly crubs and potting shed
Gord Houbie Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 22 Feb 2017

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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What these statistics cover

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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