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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
8,615Searchable applications
125Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 7,076 approved or refused records
113Refused applications

6,963 approved · 113 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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

  1. Decided2012/326/PPF

    To replace sash and case windows, re-roof and internal refurbishment to form flat

    Sea Winds 45 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AB

    Received 2 Oct 2012
  2. Decided2012/327/PPF

    Installation of wigwag warning beacon to Fire station access road

    Leiraness Bressay Shetland ZE2 9EL

    Received 15 Oct 2012
  3. Decided2012/328/PPF

    To extend existing agricultural building

    No 1 Veensgarth Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB

    Received 9 Oct 2012
  4. Decided2012/329/PPF

    Extend existing dwellinghouse.

    15 Murrayston Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RE

    Received 9 Oct 2012
  5. Decided2012/330/PPF

    Extend existing dwellinghouse.

    Nordstrand Wadbister Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ

    Received 9 Oct 2012
  6. Decided2012/331/PPF

    To erect dwellinghouse with garage

    Plot 2 Sands Of Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SZ

    Received 10 Oct 2012
  7. Decided2012/332/PPF

    To erect dwellinghouse

    North Aywick Aywick Yell Shetland ZE2 9AX

    Received 10 Oct 2012
  8. Decided2012/333/PPF

    To erect industrial shed and a small shed to house wind turbine controls

    Bod Ayre Products Ltd Lunnaness Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QF

    Received 15 Oct 2012
  9. Decided2012/334/PPF

    To change use of garden ground and erect garage/workshop

    Vestafjord Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AG

    Received 12 Oct 2012
  10. Decided2012/335/PPF

    To erect sun porch

    Smithfield Gutcher Yell Shetland ZE2 9DF

    Received 16 Oct 2012
  11. Decided2012/336/SCR

    Screening Opinion - to install 8" condensate pipeline (1.3l long) from the boundary of the gas processing plant to connection points within Sullom Voe Terminal, Sullom Voe

    Sullom Voe Terminal Power Station Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU

    Received 17 Oct 2012
  12. Unknown2012/337/SCO

    Scoping Opinion for the siting of 5 wind turbines

    Sheens Of Breitoe, Cunningsburgh

    Received 17 Oct 2012
  13. Unknown2012/338/SCO

    Scoping opinion

    Tagdale

    Received 18 Oct 2012
  14. Decided2012/339/PPF

    Erect garage and flagpole (retrospective).

    Beaufort Nesbister Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ

    Received 17 Oct 2012
  15. Decided2012/340/PPF

    To erect 5kw turbine on a 12m tower with associated cable track

    Tait Electronics (Shetland) Ltd Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NA

    Received 18 Oct 2012
  16. Decided2012/341/PPF

    Erect dwellinghouse with new access, septic tank and air source heat pump

    South Of Pund Sand Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NQ

    Received 19 Oct 2012
  17. Decided2012/342/ADV

    Erect 2 signs

    Grantfield Garage North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT

    Received 22 Oct 2012
  18. Decided2012/345/PPF

    Convert existing wash house/store into a utility room and replace profiled metal sheeting to utility room with natural slate and provide rooflight to utility room roof

    Millhouse Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AQ

    Received 22 Oct 2012
  19. Decided2012/346/PPF

    Construct breakwater (retrospective application)

    Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP

    Received 2 Jul 2010
  20. Decided2012/347/PPF

    Erect stable

    Swalestones Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JG

    Received 24 Oct 2012
  21. Decided2012/348/PPF

    Erect garage with link to existing dwellighouse

    The Final Frontier Noness Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW

    Received 24 Oct 2012
  22. Decided2012/349/PPF

    Erect single storey extension to existing house to create new kitchen and bedroom, minor partial demolition required to existing lean-to

    1 Burgess Street Lerwick Shetland Shetland ZE1 0PN

    Received 25 Oct 2012
  23. Decided2012/350/PPF

    Alter and extend existing dwellinghouse

    The Lodge Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ

    Received 25 Oct 2012
  24. Decided2012/351/PPF

    To extend existing dwellinghouse

    Manitoba Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9JX

    Received 31 Oct 2012

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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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