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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

8,776Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,166 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

7,053 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/420/PPF
Erect porch extension and re-roof
Hoswick Visitors Centre Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HJ
Received 19 Nov 2013
Decided2013/421/PPF
Clad existing office building; relocate 2 no locker cabins; provision of 1 no temporary office cabin to South East of site and 2 no temporary office cabins to North West of site; vary drop-off/collection point for staff
Da Mish Garths Voe Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided2013/422/PPF
Erect 3 dwellinghouses with associated access and services
Tresta Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided2013/423/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse and construct access
Plot 1 Mossy Knowe Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AA
Received 22 Nov 2013
Decided2013/424/PPF
To site a 3m by 2.5m container to house electrical control and connection equipment, with new section of landward cable connection for a tidal generator to supply the ice plant with renewable energy.
Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided2013/425/PPF
Demolition of Old Weighbridge building and reinstatement of stone wall
Old Weighbridge Esplanade Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LL
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided2013/426/PPF
To extend bakery
Skibhoul Baltasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DP
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided2013/427/PPF
Install 2 no. wind turbines on 15m high towers and excavation for electricity cable
Fairy Knowe Ireland Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/428/PPF
Install 6kw wind turbine on a 15m high tower and excavation works for electricity cable
Parkhead Stromfirth Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LH
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/429/PPF
To re-roof dwellinghouse
Da Lodge Scarfataing Trondra Shetland ZE1 0XL
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/430/PPF
Erect shed (Retrospective Application)
5 Aestbrek Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9UJ
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/431/PPF
Erect shed (Retrospective Application)
12 Aestbrek Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9UJ
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/432/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse (retrospective application)
Site Adjacent To Orlee Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 26 Nov 2013
Decided2013/433/PPF
To convert existing detached garage to studio flat
Bonnerton Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 27 Nov 2013
Decided2013/434/PPF
Erect and install a 5kw wind turbine on a 15m high mast
Mid Yell Boating & Social Club East Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ
Received 28 Nov 2013
Decided2013/435/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse
Murrion Eshaness Shetland ZE2 9RS
Received 29 Nov 2013
Decided2013/436/PPF
Install concrete external access ramp
Hillhead Easter Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EY
Received 2 Dec 2013
Decided2013/437/PPF
Erect and install 5kw wind turbine on a 15m high mast
New House Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ
Received 2 Dec 2013
Decided2013/438/PPF
Erect and install 5kw wind turbine on a 12m high mast
New House Waddle Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 3 Dec 2013
Decided2013/041/MAR
To modify an existing salmon farm by siting an additional two 80m-circumference cages at the south end of the site and to enable cohabitation of wrasse with salmon in those two cages for the purpose of sea lice control
Teisti Geo Clift Sound
Received 28 Nov 2013
Decided2013/439/PPP
To erect dwellinghouse and construct access (Planning Permission in Principle)
Opposite Leagarth Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 4 Dec 2013
Decided2013/440/PPF
Erect and install 5kw wind tubinre on a 15m high mast
Mid Yell Public Hall Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ
Received 4 Dec 2013
Unknown2013/040/MAR
To extend an existing single longline development by siting an additional two 220m twin-headline longlines
Moo Ness Papa Little The Rona Aithness
Received 6 Dec 2013
Decided2013/442/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse, (Planning Permission in Principle) and create access road (Planning Permission in Full)
Heglabister Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 10 Dec 2013

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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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