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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

8,464Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 6,982 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

6,869 approved · 113 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2006 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2011/362/LBC
Routing of electrical cable through external wall and internally through to mains board
Leagarth House Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 29 Nov 2011
Decided2011/363/PPF
Change use of existing store/workshop to veterinary surgery
Blydoit Veterinary Surgery Scalloway Industrial Estate East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UG
Received 30 Nov 2011
Decided2011/364/PPF
To extend existing dwellinghouse
Vatnagarth Vevoe Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AN
Received 30 Nov 2011
Decided2011/365/LBC
Convert existing offices to form 4 No one bedroom flats; repair existing windows, doors and screen; fit new galvanised vents and add cast iron soilpipes and fixings to south elevation; fit internal partitions, sound proof flooring and wall linings.
113A Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 30 Nov 2011
Decided2011/366/PPF
To erect domestic garage/store
Shorelea Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 30 Nov 2011
Decided2011/367/PPF
Proposed development comprising 100no. bedroom hotel with restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, fitness room and associated support accommodation set in grounds containing hard and soft landscaped areas and 106no. car parking spaces
Land To East Of B9076 And Immediately North Of Moorfield Ring Road, Brae
Received 2 Dec 2011
Decided2011/368/PPF
Extend dwellinghouse (retrospective application)
Hooses Gossabrough Yell Shetland ZE2 9AU
Received 2 Dec 2011
Decided2011/369/PPF
To demolish single storey garages and construct two storey flat and garage
Brentham Court 3 Harbour Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LR
Received 2 Dec 2011
Decided2011/370/PPF
To form bus turning area
Sullom Voe Terminal Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 6 Dec 2011
Decided2011/371/PPF
Erect new observatory and demolish existing observatory on completion of new building works
Land South Of Observatory Upper Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RR
Received 2 Dec 2011
Decided2011/372/PPF
To erect one and a half storey dwellinghouse
Nesbister Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ
Received 6 Dec 2011
Decided2011/373/PPF
Erect garage/workshop
Mioness Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 7 Dec 2011
Decided2011/374/PPF
Change of use of land to form garden grounds and the erection of a detached domestic garage
Midgard Cott Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 7 Dec 2011
Decided2011/375/VCON
Single storey extension to Fair Isle Museum. Renewal of planning permission 2006/399/PCD
George Waterston Museum Zu201 From Utra (By Cemetery) To Upper Stonybrek (Near School) Fair Isle Shetland Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 8 Dec 2011
Decided2011/376/AMSC
Erect 8 dwellinghouses (approval of matters specified in conditions)
Camp Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 9 Dec 2011
Decided2011/377/CLEUD
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing operation of Scatsta Airfield, runway, apron parking and taxi ways
Scatsta Airport Scatsta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QP
Received 13 Mar 2011
Decided2011/378/PPF
Attachment of air conditioning units to the external walls of Santander, facing Irvine Closs and Trance Closs (Retrospective application)
66 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 7 Feb 2011
Decided2011/379/LBC
Attach and install air conditioning units to the external elevation of Santander, 66 Commercial Street, Lerwick facing Irvine Closs and Trance Closs and internal alterations to the bank layout
66 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 7 Feb 2011
Decided2011/383/CAC
Demolish single storey garage buildings followed by the erection of 2 storey residential flat
3 Brentham Court Harbour Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0GZ
Received 15 Dec 2011
Decided2011/384/PPF
Installation of two 11kw wind turbines (15.5m from ground to hub) to provide power to two self catering apartments
Culswick Wester Skeld Shetland ZE2 9NL
Received 16 Dec 2011
Decided2011/385/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Permission in Principle)
Herra Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 20 Dec 2011
Decided2011/386/PPF
Construct a building for boarding kennels and associated car parking and access
Brunthamarsland Wadbister Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ
Received 20 Dec 2011
Decided2011/387/PPF
Proposed mineral extraction, siting of plant and machinery and concrete batching plant, and recycling area.
Vatster Quarry Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SG
Received 20 Dec 2011
Decided2011/388/PPF
To install domestic 8.5kw air source heat pump
Dalriada East Voe Scalloway Shetland Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 21 Dec 2011

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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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