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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

8,740Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,143 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

7,030 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/300/PPF
To demolish existing redundant building and erect 3 no. dwellinghouses and upgrade access road
Lower Site Wormadale Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ
Received 28 Aug 2013
Decided2013/301/PPF
Install access ramp
Midgard Cott Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 28 Aug 2013
Decided2013/302/ADV
Erect window signs (Retrospective Application)
28 North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT
Received 29 Aug 2013
Decided2013/303/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and integral garage
Scord East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UR
Received 29 Aug 2013
Decided2013/304/PPP
Erect single dwellinghouse and create new access road (Planning Permission in Principle)
Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 30 Aug 2013
Decided2013/305/SCR
Request for Screening Opinion
Sumburgh Airport Scatness Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JP
Received 30 Aug 2013
Decided2013/307/PPF
Replace existing corrugated asbestos roof with corrugated aluminium of the same profile
Old Haa Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9AY
Received 2 Sept 2013
Decided2013/308/LBC
Replace existing corrugated asbestos roof with corrugated aluminium of the same profile
Old Haa Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9AY
Received 2 Sept 2013
Decided2013/309/PPF
Extend existing car parking area
Bixter Surgery Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NA
Received 3 Sept 2013
Decided2013/310/PPF
Erect workshop/boatshed and erect flagpole
Springbank Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 4 Sept 2013
Decided2013/311/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Adjacent To 19 Ackrigarth Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RQ
Received 4 Sept 2013
Decided2013/312/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and construct new access
Adjacent To Uphouse Ayres Aith Shetland ZE2 9ND
Received 4 Sept 2013
Decided2013/313/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and improve existing access
Freester Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 4 Sept 2013
Decided2013/314/PPF
Erect 1 3/4 dwellinghouse and garage, install septic tank, infiltration system and SUDs soakaway and construct new access
Cumliewick Road Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 5 Sept 2013
Decided2013/315/PPF
Erect shed and install sewage treatment system
Baillister Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB
Received 6 Sept 2013
Decided2013/316/PPP
Erect 1 and a half storey dwellinghouse and integral garage (Planning Permission in Principle)
Lower Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 9 Sept 2013
Decided2013/317/PPF
To site temporary accommodation (retrospecitve application)
Adjacent To Seafarers Mission Garths Voe Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9QR
Received 9 Sept 2013
Decided2013/318/PPF
To site two portable changing rooms
Harbison Park Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AQ
Received 9 Sept 2013
Unknown2013/319/SCO
Installation of Gas Sweetening plant and ancillary infrastructure including associated flares, two seawater piplines (inlet and outlet) and caisson
Sullom Voe Terminal Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 9 Sept 2013
Decided2013/321/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
Eswick South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PS
Received 11 Sept 2013
Unknown2013/322/VCON
To vary condition 1 of planning permission 2009/268/PCD to erect temporary flue for woodburning stove on workshop (retrospective)
Hillside Lodge Hillside Road Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW
Received 12 Sept 2013
Unknown2013/032/MAR
To modify an existing salmon farm by relocating/reorientating site and by deploying an alternative feed barge (retrospective)
Spoose Holm, Scalloway Islands
Received 9 Sept 2013
Decided2013/323/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and integral garage and detached shed
Busta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QN
Received 13 Sept 2013
Decided2013/324/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Olivette Duke Street Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9LA
Received 16 Sept 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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