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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

9,810Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,839 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,723 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2017/327/PPF
Change of use of land from Agriculture (Sui Generis) to General Industry (Class 5) as extension to the existing Scottish Water Treatment Works site
Land Adjacent To Scottish Water Water Treatment Works Eela Water Shetland ZE2 9RU
Received 12 Oct 2017
Decided2017/328/PPF
Installation of a CF25 wind turbine 25.5m to blade tip and installation of cable track
Land At Gord Fetlar Shetland
Received 12 Oct 2017
Decided2017/329/PPF
Installation of CF25 wind turbine 27.1m to blade tip and installation of cable track
Land At Aithness Fetlar Shetland
Received 12 Oct 2017
Decided2017/330/PPF
Installation of a CF25 wind turbine 25.5m to blade tip and installation of cable track
Land At Tresta Fetlar Shetland
Received 12 Oct 2017
Decided2017/331/CLUEX
Domestic garage and land used for the storage of a motor vehicle.
Timber Domestic Garage Adjacent To Headlands Swinister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 18 Oct 2017
Decided2017/333/PPF
Change use of existing office premises to dwelling house
11 Market Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JP
Received 23 Oct 2017
Unknown2017/036/WL
To vary an existing seaweed cultivation works licence by extending the expiry date of the licence by a period of five years
South East Glendale (Lea Of Trondra) Clift Sound
Received 14 Oct 2017
Decided2017/037/MAR
Remove existing fish farming equipment and replace with sixteen 120m circumference cages in a different orientation, with a sea-cap barge for the ongrowing of salmon.
Copister Yell
Received 25 Oct 2017
Unknown2017/334/CLUP
Peatland/bog restoration works; re-profiling and installation of dams along 4000m of drains (using peat dams and narrow sections of plastic piling), and the re-profiling of eroded gullies within an area of approximately 1ha to reduce slope, block and encourage re-vegetation at Black Park, Floga, Yell, Shetland
Black Park Floga Yell Shetland
Received 25 Oct 2017
Decided2017/335/FORMB
New Double Pole
Basta Voe Sellafirth Yell Shetland ZE2 9DG
Received 23 Oct 2017
Decided2017/336/FORMB
Proposed replacement Overhead Line
Brae SCATSTA Shetland
Received 23 Oct 2017
Unknown2017/337/CLUP
Erect Aircraft hanger
Sumburgh Airport Shetland
Received 27 Oct 2017
Decided2017/339/PPF
Erect new 15m Mast with associated equipment, fence and access track as part of the Emergency Services Network (Retrospective Application)
Field at Lamba Scord South, B9075 near Setter Shetland Isles ZE2 9LP
Received 27 Oct 2017
Decided2017/340/PPF
Erect 10m lattice tower with associated equipment and fence as part of the Emergency Services Network & construct access track (Retrospective)
Land near B9082 Gutcher, Mid Yell, Shetland Isles ZE2 9DF
Received 27 Oct 2017
Decided2017/341/PPF
Extension and refurbishment of existing dwellinghouse
19 Twageos Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BB
Received 30 Oct 2017
Decided2017/342/PPF
Erect 15m lattice tower with associated equipment and fence as part of the Emergency Services Network (Retrospective)
Field at Garderhouse Farm, Camb, Mid Yell, Shetland ZE2 9FA
Received 30 Oct 2017
Decided2017/038/MAR
To deploy 1 x 220m twin-headline longline for production of mussels at an existing consented mussel farm to create a 4 x 220m twin-headline longline development in total
West Of Grobsness, Delting
Received 30 Oct 2017
Unknown2017/343/CLUP
Change of use of part of a Class 2 office use to Class 1 use as a second hand store/recycling centre (open two afternoons per week, Thursday and Saturday 2-4pm).
Unit 1 Hagdale Industrial Estate Baltasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DS
Received 26 Oct 2017
Decided2017/344/PPF
Erect temporary chalet on house site for a period of 5 years
Greenfield Road Cullister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 27 Oct 2017
Decided2017/345/PPF
Change of use from sui generis agricultural to class 6 storage and distribution, install portacabin and septic tank with soakaway
Near Baltasound Airport Baltasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DT
Received 30 Oct 2017
Decided2017/346/PPF
Erect new dwellinghouse
Fairview Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 30 Oct 2017
Decided2017/347/PPF
To convert existing loft space above garage and to alter existing roof to form dormer
Da Grind Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AQ
Received 1 Nov 2017
Decided2017/348/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Upper Lingarth Clumlie Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JQ
Received 1 Nov 2017
Decided2017/349/PPF
Erect 8m x 4m polycrub
Adjacent To Hillswick Surgery Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 30 Oct 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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