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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

8,672Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,104 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

6,991 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/093/PPF
To construct gas condensate pipeline (1630m) running from Shetland Gas Plant to Sullom Voe Terminal, and ancillary infrastructure including temporary and permanent access roads, pig receiver, emergency shut down value, access platforms and fibre optic cable
Sullom Voe Terminal Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 20 Mar 2013
Decided2013/094/PPF
To construct hardstanding area
Behind The Decca Apartments Ladies Drive Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NA
Received 21 Mar 2013
Decided2013/010/WL
To construct a jetty
Linga Isle Walls
Received 18 Mar 2013
Decided2013/095/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse and improve exisiting access (planning permission in principle)
Adacent To Bonheoga Glenburn Road Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9JZ
Received 25 Mar 2013
Decided2013/097/PPF
Installation of vehicle electic charging point (Retrospective Application)
Viking Bus Station Commercial Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LX
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided2013/098/PPF
Installation of vehicle electric charging pod point (Retrospective Application)
Infrastructure Services Grantfield Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided2013/099/PPF
Installation of vehicle electric charging pod point (Retrospective Application)
North Ness Business Park Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LX
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided2013/100/PPF
Installation of vehicle electric charging pod point (Retrospective Application)
Clickimin Leisure Centre North Lochside Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PJ
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided2013/101/PPF
Installation of vehicle electric charging pod point
Lerwick Health Centre South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RB
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided2013/103/SCR
Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 Screening opinion regarding upgrade section of B9075 public road
Sandwater Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LP
Received 28 Mar 2013
Decided2013/104/AMSC
To erect new house and garage
Plot 11 Camp Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 28 Mar 2013
Decided2013/105/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Adjacent To 1 Sandwick Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AG
Received 28 Mar 2013
Decided2013/106/PPF
To erect new single storey dwellinghouse with detached garage
Mail Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HF
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/007/WL
To deploy a pontoon
Boatsroom Lunnaness
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/107/LBC
Renew, replace and repaint external cladding; repair and replace windows including dormer windows and replace rotten timber and structural components (Part Retrospective Application)
St Magnus Bay Hotel Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 13 May 2011
Decided2013/008/WL
To modify an existing seaweed farm by moving and increasing longline length
Hamnavoe, Lunnaness
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/108/PPF
Extend workshop
Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QY
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/109/PPF
To form new access road including burn crossing and protective measures to sides of burn, erection of new house and wind turbine, foul drainage connection to existing public sewer
Wirliegert Aith Shetland ZE2 9NW
Received 1 Apr 2013
Decided2013/110/PPF
Erect 12m high, 6kw wind turbine & lay associated cables
Fjell Westing Unst Shetland ZE2 9DW
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/111/PPF
Re roof existing shed and change opening
North House Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 2 Apr 2013
Decided2013/011/MAR
To develop a new mussel farm
Bunya Sand, Mid Yell Voe, Yell
Received 29 Mar 2013
Decided2013/112/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse
Houlland Exnaboe Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JS
Received 2 Apr 2013
Decided2013/113/PPP
To erect dwellinghouse with attached domestic garage
Fladdabister Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HA
Received 3 Apr 2013
Decided2013/114/PPP
Erection of dwellinghouse
Vaster Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SG
Received 3 Apr 2013

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.

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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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