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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

8,703Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,124 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

7,011 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/201/ADV
Erect signs
Tait Electronics (Shetland) Ltd Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick Shetland Shetland ZE1 0NA
Received 4 Jun 2013
Decided2013/202/RPP
Renewal of planning permission - 2007/143/PCD - installation of 2.5 kw wind turbine upon 6.5 metre high mast
Kalandseid Cauldhame Trondra Shetland ZE1 0XL
Received 4 Jun 2013
Decided2013/203/PPF
Drainage improvements to include additional roads culverts
Heathery Park Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9GD
Received 4 Jun 2013
Unknown2013/204/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Ark Aywick Yell Shetland ZE2 9AX
Received 7 Jun 2013
Unknown2013/205/PAN
New High School, associated residential block, extension(s) to Clickimin Leisure Centre and associated parking areas and access roads
Lower Staney Hill & North Lochside Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PJ
Received 6 Jun 2013
Decided2013/206/PPF
Convert & extend existing building for use as dwellinghouse
Cloddyknowe Meeting Hall Scousburgh Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JE
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided2013/207/LBC
Replace five windows with new double glaze timber case & sash windows & ingoes/panneling if required
Sand Haa Sand Garderhouse Shetland ZE2 9NQ
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided2013/208/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse & domestic garage
Freester Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided2013/209/RPP
Renewal of planning application - 2010/107/PCO - Permission in Principle for three house sites
Reafirth Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BN
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided2013/210/PPF
Change of use from House of Multiple Occupancy to single residential unit
Rockvilla 88 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ES
Received 11 Jun 2013
Decided2013/211/PPF
To convert single dwellinghouse into 2 no. flats & construct entrance porch
11 Meadowfield Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UB
Received 13 Jun 2013
Decided2013/212/PPF
Erect a 5kw Wind Turbine on a 15m mast on a 3m square base
Fairview Levaneap Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 13 Jun 2013
Decided2013/213/PPF
Erect and install 5Kw Wind Turbine on a 15 metre mast stand on a 3 metre square base
Garths Of Ham South Ham Bressay Shetland Shetland ZE2 9ER
Received 13 Jun 2013
Decided2013/214/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Easthouse Croft South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL
Received 13 Jun 2013
Decided2013/215/PPF
New carpark accommodating 101 standard spaces
Sellaness Industrial Estate Graven Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9QR
Received 15 Jun 2013
Decided2013/216/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and upgrade access
Yaafield Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA
Received 17 Jun 2013
Decided2013/218/PPF
Change land use and extend dwellinghouse to form double garage
Kaila Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RT
Received 19 Jun 2013
Decided2013/219/PPF
Install 48No. ground mounted solar panels
Building A Sumburgh Lighthouse Sumburgh Virkie Shetland Shetland ZE3 9JN
Received 20 Jun 2013
Decided2013/220/PPF
Erect and install a 5kw wind turbine on a 15m mast on a 3m square base
Giggleswick Neapaback Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9AY
Received 24 Jun 2013
Decided2013/221/LBC
Demolish part of damaged east wall and re-build to higher height and also site greenhouse
Veensgarth House Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB
Received 24 Jun 2013
Decided2013/222/PPF
To continue quarrying activity and associated development and deepening of existing working quarry area
Quarry Ladies Drive Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QW
Received 25 Jun 2013
Decided2013/223/PPF
Erect a 2.4 metre high security fence
3B Sellaness Industrial Estate Graven Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9QR
Received 25 Jun 2013
Decided2013/224/PPF
Erect one and a half storey dwellinghouse
Westhouse East Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 25 Jun 2013
Decided2013/027/MAR
To develop a new salmon farm
East Of Basta Ness Sound Of Hascosay Yell
Received 19 Jun 2013

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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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