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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

9,788Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,826 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,710 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2017/185/AMSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 3a, b, c & d 2015/235/PPPApplication for Approval of Matters Specification in Conditions (Condition 3, parts a), b), c) and d) of Planning Permission in Principle 2015/235/PPP) - To erect dwelling house with attached garage.
Plot 3 Wadbister Shetland
Received 30 May 2017
Decided2017/187/CAC
Demolition in a Conservation Area
74 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 31 May 2017
Decided2017/188/PPF
Erect new garage
74 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 31 May 2017
Decided2017/189/PPF
To site new changing and showering facility, detached toilet block and general purpose storage container
Bressay Sports Field Bressay Shetland
Received 31 May 2017
Decided2017/190/PPF
Demolish existing conservatory and erect new single storey extension
5 Knab Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AR
Received 31 May 2017
Decided2017/191/PPF
To remove two small, poorly constructed extensions and replace with a single extension to the house.
Seaview Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA
Received 5 Jun 2017
Decided2017/192/APN
General purpose agricultural shed
The Beadies Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX
Received 2 Jun 2017
Decided2017/194/PPF
Telecommunications installation upgrade and associated works
Near Berry Farm Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XD
Received 5 Jun 2017
Decided2017/195/PPF
To erect 17.5 metre high lattice mast to support telecommunications equipment and ancillary ground based equipment (retrospective application).
Braewick Barn co-location Braewick Farm near B9078, Braewick, Eshaness, Shetland Isles ZE2 9RS
Received 5 Jun 2017
Awaiting decision2017/197/PPF
Conversion to Form 4 No Flats to Existing First Floor, with separate access at ground floor level, creation of bicycle and pram store, Removal of Existing Fuel Pumps and Canopy, Reposition Fuel Pumps, Remove Vehicle Door from North Wall and Provide Parking.
Grantfield Garage North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT
Received 6 Jun 2017
Decided2017/198/PPF
To erect two dwelling houses with air source heat pumps and connection to the public sewer
Adjacent To Windybrae Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JB
Received 7 Jun 2017
Decided2017/199/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse with attached garage and air source heat pump
Site South Of "The Cottage" Cumliewick Sandwick ZE2 9HH
Received 8 Jun 2017
Decided2017/200/PPF
To erect new single story 4 bed dwelling with septic tank and access
Site Adjacent To Valseness Sparl Brae Shetland ZE2 9QU
Received 9 Jun 2017
Decided2017/201/PPF
Build a detached storey and a half four bedroom residential house with garage.
Scatness Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JT
Received 9 Jun 2017
Decided2017/202/PPF
Erect new upper floor to existing garage to provide hobby room
8 Law Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DX
Received 12 Jun 2017
Decided2017/203/PNT
Installation of 1 Dish Antenna with fixing bracket/support, associated cabling, ancillary development
Existing Mast Weisdale Radio Station Off A971 Wesidale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 9 Jun 2017
Decided2017/204/PNT
Installation of Dish Antenna along with its fixing bracket/support, associated cabling, ancillary development
Collafirth Shetland ZE2 9RX
Received 9 Jun 2017
Decided2017/205/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related building works (non-residential)
Braehoulland Eshaness Shetland ZE2 9RS
Received 14 Jun 2017
Decided2017/206/PPF
Reinstate Proposed Garage (Retrospective)
Ivybank Westshore Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XJ
Received 14 Jun 2017
Decided2017/207/PPF
To alter and extend existing buildings to provide a new emergency response facility, refurbish existing warehouse to provide workshop and warehouse facilities, construct new equipment storage building and construct new site entrance
B P Exp Operating Co Ltd Sellaness Shetland
Received 14 Jun 2017
Decided2017/209/PPF
Installation of pole mounted Vsat dish within its own compound, gps antenna, equipment housing, support mounts and ancillary development
Existing SSE Radio Base Station Collafirth Shetland ZE2 9RX
Received 16 Jun 2017
Decided2017/210/PPF
Installation of pole-mounted VSat dish, fencing, gps antenna, equipment housing and ancillary development
Existing Radio Base Station Voe Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 16 Jun 2017
Decided2017/211/PPF
Proposed Access Track, Drainage Works, Pipeline Repair Works, Seawall Repair Works for Ninian Pipeline - (part retrospective)
Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 16 Jun 2017
Decided2017/021/MAR
To deploy twenty 100m-circumference cages arranged in 2 no. 2x5 groups with a 300T Steinsvik feed barge moored centrally between the cage groups to be used for on-growing of Atlantic salmon at the site of a former fish farm
West Of Balta Isle, Balta Sound, Unst
Received 14 Jun 2017

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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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