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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

8,662Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,099 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

6,986 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/066/ADV
Erect two illuminated sign boards
The Moorfield Hotel Brae Shetland ZE2 9UX
Received 28 Feb 2013
Decided2013/067/LBC
To reinstate three windows, replace four windows and two external doors on 1st and 2nd floors and alter metal steps to rear of property
99 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BD
Received 1 Mar 2013
Decided2013/068/PPF
To erect and install a 5kw wind turbine, overall height to hub 15m and 17.7m to tip of blade
Hoversta Uphouse Bressay Shetland ZE2 9EL
Received 1 Mar 2013
Decided2013/069/PPF
Erect a visitor centre and toilet
Hermaness Visitors Centre Burrafirth Unst Shetland ZE2 9EQ
Received 1 Mar 2013
Decided2013/070/PPF
Extend dwellinghouse
45 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 1 Mar 2013
Decided2013/071/PPF
Erect double garage
Stovadaal Stromfirth Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LH
Received 4 Mar 2013
Decided2013/072/ADV
Erect two sign boards
Lerwick Baptist Church Quoys Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0WH
Received 5 Mar 2013
Decided2013/073/PPF
Erect extension and engineering work in garden boundary
Peerie Harls Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 5 Mar 2013
Decided2013/075/PPF
Demolish one and a half storey fire damaged dwellinghouse and erect single storey dwellinghouse
Gloup Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 6 Mar 2013
Decided2013/078/APN
Erect general purpose agricultural storage shed
Fiblister Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RT
Received 8 Mar 2013
Decided2013/079/CLUP
Erect private domestic workshop
Keldasta 28 West Baila Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SG
Received 8 Mar 2013
Decided2013/080/PPF
Demolish existing shed and erect new dwellinghouse
North House Reawick Shetland ZE2 9NJ
Received 8 Mar 2013
Decided2013/081/ADV
Erect permanent interpretive board
Gunnista Bressay Shetland ZE2 9EP
Received 8 Mar 2013
Decided2013/009/MAR
To develop a new mussel farm
Northra Voe North Vementry Vementry Shetland
Received 7 Mar 2013
Decided2013/083/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and extend private access road
East Of Skibberhoull Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AD
Received 11 Mar 2013
Decided2013/084/PPF
Erect single storey extension to existing house and demolish and replace existing garden shed (Retrospective application)
4 Hillhead Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EJ
Received 13 Mar 2013
Decided2013/085/LBC
Erect single storey extension to existing house; demolish and replace existing garden shed; create two openings in existing wall by enlarging existing wall recess/window recess to create link into new extension; replace bathroom window and repairs to existing garden wall
4 Hillhead Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EJ
Received 13 Mar 2013
Decided2013/086/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and construct associated access track (Planning Permission in Principle)
Site 5 Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 13 Mar 2013
Decided2013/087/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Glenburn Road Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9JZ
Received 14 Mar 2013
Decided2013/088/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Brake Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 14 Mar 2013
Decided2013/089/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
Breiwick Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF
Received 18 Mar 2013
Decided2013/090/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
Breiwick Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF
Received 18 Mar 2013
Decided2013/091/PPF
Construct a jetty
Linga Isle Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 18 Mar 2013
Decided2013/092/PPF
Excavate part of marshy land to create loch and 3 small settling ponds and a traditional water mill
Linga Isle Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 18 Mar 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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