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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7,053 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2013/042/MAR
To relocate a block of eight 80m - circumference cages and a feed barge at an existing salmon farm (retrospective). Also to permit the siting of an additional two 80m - circumference cages and enable cohabitation of wrasse for sea lice control (proposed)
Lippie Geo Clift Sound
Received 10 Dec 2013
Decided2013/443/PPF
Re-open window openings and form new shop front
Freefield Pharmacy North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NP
Received 11 Dec 2013
Decided2013/444/ADV
Erect 3 LED backlight signs and illuminated sign
Freefield Pharmacy North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NP
Received 11 Dec 2013
Decided2013/445/PPF
Erect and install 5kw wind turbine on a 15m high mast
Lower Langaskule Twatt Bixter Shetland ZE2 9LX
Received 11 Dec 2013
Decided2013/446/PPF
Demolish existing building
72 Commercial Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NL
Received 11 Dec 2013
Decided2013/447/PPF
Change of use from garage to living accommodation
4 Baila Croft Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EY
Received 12 Dec 2013
Decided2013/448/LBC
Remove existing lean to extension; insert new windows and doors; alter front porch and interior alterations
Voe House Lower Voe Shetland ZE2 9PX
Received 12 Dec 2013
Decided2013/043/MAR
To deploy ten 100m-circumference cages and a barge for ongrowing of salmon at an existing consented site and to enable cohabitation of wrasse with salmon for the purpose of sea lice control
Fore Holm Sandsound
Received 6 Dec 2013
Decided2013/044/MAR
To vary condition no.1 of planning permission FFR/ZET/092 to reduce the development site boundary of an existing salmon farm
Brei Geo Offshore Sandsound
Received 6 Dec 2013
Decided2013/449/PPF
Erect detached garage
Ivybank Westshore Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XG
Received 13 Dec 2013
Decided2013/450/PPF
Extend existing dwellinghouse and erect double garage; change use of strip of grazing land to garden area
Bankshoull East-The-Voe Aith Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 13 Dec 2013
Decided2013/451/PPF
Extend dwellinghouse
Burgadies Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX
Received 16 Dec 2013
Decided2013/452/PPF
Erect extension to existing dwellinghouse and erect flagpole
Linnabretta 13 Stouts Court Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AF
Received 17 Dec 2013
Decided2013/453/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Setter Burra Shetland ZE2 9LB
Received 18 Dec 2013
Decided2013/454/PPF
Erect extension
Lilypark Houss Burra Shetland ZE2 9LE
Received 18 Dec 2013
Decided2013/455/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Bundakwari Asta Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UQ
Received 18 Dec 2013
Decided2013/456/PPF
Construct vehicle access and turning and parking area (Retrospective Application)
Uphouse Bressay Shetland ZE2 9ES
Received 19 Dec 2013
Decided2013/457/PPF
Erect and install 5Kw wind turbine on a 15m high mast
Sunnybrae Camb Yell Shetland ZE2 9DA
Received 20 Dec 2013
Decided2013/458/PPF
Erect and install 5Kw wind turbine on a 15m high mast
Garderhouse Camb Yell Shetland ZE2 9DA
Received 20 Dec 2013
Decided2013/459/ADV
Erect signage
Tesco South Road Lerwick Shetland Shetland ZE1 0RD
Received 20 Dec 2013
Decided2013/460/PPF
Erect one and a half storey dwellinghouse with integral garage
East Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 20 Dec 2013
Decided2014/001/PPF
Erect flagpole, walls and fences, provide external retail/display area and general laydown area to rear of building
Blackhill Mills Lower Blackhill Industral Estate Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DG
Received 6 Jan 2014
Decided2014/002/PPF
Create bus layby area
Houlland Asta Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UL
Received 6 Jan 2014
Decided2014/003/PPF
Erect workshop/store
North Ness Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LX
Received 7 Jan 2014

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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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