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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

8,830Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,203 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

7,090 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2014/097/CLUEX
Certificate of Lawfullness of Existing Use
Rova Head Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PY
Received 2 Apr 2014
Decided2014/098/PPF
Replace 3 windows on front elevation with sash and case lookalike windows
2 Carlton Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ED
Received 3 Apr 2014
Decided2014/099/LBC
Replace 3 windows on front elevation with sash and case look-a-like windows
2 Carlton Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ED
Received 3 Apr 2014
Decided2014/100/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
Wasterhus Upper Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SW
Received 3 Apr 2014
Decided2014/101/PPF
Create new vehicle access
Gateside Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 3 Apr 2014
Decided2014/102/PPF
Erect single storey chalet
West Of Widembrekk Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 4 Apr 2014
Decided2014/103/LBC
Demolish existing extension and erect new extension
Sumburgh Hotel Sumburgh Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JN
Received 7 Apr 2014
Decided2014/104/VCON
Renewal of planning permission 2009/151/PCD - To erect 5no 850 kW (approx) wind turbines (hub height 44 metres, blade height 70 metres) access track, sub station building, temporary construction compound and underground cabling; by varying condition 2 of previous permission
Garth Yell Shetland ZE2 9DF
Received 9 Apr 2014
Decided2014/105/PPF
Demolish existing lean-to extension and erect new lean-to extension
Jawbones 23 Mounthooly Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BN
Received 8 Apr 2014
Decided2014/106/PPF
Erect agricultural storage shed
Grutness Sumburgh Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JN
Received 11 Apr 2014
Decided2014/107/PPF
Removal of 12no. temporary cabins; installation of 23no. 100mbar blast resistant cabin modules, comprising office, mess, lockering and toilet facilities; authorisation of 6no. recently constructed modular cabins
Sullom Voe Terminal Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 11 Apr 2014
Decided2014/108/PPF
Demolish existing store and leave clear site
Arlanda Yard Gremista Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PX
Received 14 Apr 2014
Decided2014/109/VCON
Section 42 application to vary the terms on condition 4 of planning permission 2010/256/PCD
Accommodation Facility Sella Ness Industrial Estate Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9UR
Received 14 Apr 2014
Decided2014/110/PPF
Extend existing dwellinghouse and change of use of land to garden ground
Vardasta Gletness South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PS
Received 14 Apr 2014
Decided2014/111/PPF
To site two portacabins (Retrospective Application)
L Williamson Fish Sales Unit 2 Blydoit Industrial Estate East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UG
Received 15 Apr 2014
Decided2014/112/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage
Plot 7 Flugalee Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB
Received 15 Apr 2014
Decided2014/113/CLUEX
Certificate of lawfulness of existing use to regulate an existing use as established garage workshop/store
Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 16 Apr 2014
Decided2014/114/APN
Erect general purpose agricultural shed
Houster Aith Shetland ZE2 9NB
Received 17 Apr 2014
Decided2014/115/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse
Plot 2 Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 17 Apr 2014
Decided2014/116/PPF
Erect 2no. dwellinghouses
Noss Farm Scousburgh Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JE
Received 17 Apr 2014
Decided2014/008/MAR
To relocate a block of twelve 100m-circumference cages and a feed barge in a southwesterly direction at an existing salmon farm (retrospective)
Wick Of Belmont, Uyeasound, Unst
Received 16 Apr 2014
Decided2014/009/MAR
To vary condition no's one and three of planning permission 2008/053/VF relating to the approved plans and the approved site location co-ordinates of an existing marine salmon farm to enable a reduced planning boundary and siting of an alternative feed barge
South Of Head Of Mula, Uyeasound, Unst
Received 16 Apr 2014
Decided2014/117/PPF
Erect new High School and Halls of Residence
Clickimin Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PJ
Received 24 Apr 2014
Decided2014/118/PPP
Erect two dwellinghouses (Planning Permission in Principle)
Hillside Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9JX
Received 25 Apr 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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