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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

8,847Searchable applications

125Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,217 approved or refused records

113Refused applications

7,104 approved · 113 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2014/161/PPF
Install external access ramp
Lochanlea West Sandwick Yell Shetland ZE2 9BH
Received 28 May 2014
Decided2014/162/PPF
Erect domestic detached garage
Skeo Knowe Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 28 May 2014
Decided2014/163/PPF
Erect one and a half storey dwellinghouse with integral garage
Plot 1 Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 29 May 2014
Decided2014/164/LBC
Internal refurbishment works to ground floor
Lerwick Post Office Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AA
Received 30 May 2014
Decided2014/165/PPF
To convert existing garage and construct garage extension; re-clad existing dwellinghouse
Hirnik Easter Quarff Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EY
Received 30 May 2014
Decided2014/166/PPF
Remove existing damaged harl and replace; renew 5 windows on front elevation and replace front door
The Banks Main Street Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XJ
Received 30 May 2014
Decided2014/167/PNT
Prior notification for openreach street telecoms cabinet
Anderlea Wester Quarff Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EY
Received 27 May 2014
Decided2014/168/PPF
Change of use of agricultural building to tannery business (Retrospective Application)
Knowes Tirvister Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RU
Received 2 Jun 2014
Decided2014/170/PPF
Change of use of land to garden/domestic; landscaping and re-seeding of land adjacent to house site; excavate land to improve drainage at rear of house (Retrospective Application)
Parkgate Brae Shetland ZE2 9QS
Received 2 Jun 2014
Decided2014/171/ADV
Erect directional sign-board
Adjacent To Skellister Stores Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 3 Jun 2014
Decided2014/172/ADV
Erect directional sign-board
Adjacent To South Nesting Junction South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 3 Jun 2014
Decided2014/173/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse; construct access and septic tank with land soakaway; install air heat source pump and solar panels
Adjacent To Hamar Cottage Fladdabister Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HA
Received 4 Jun 2014
Decided2014/174/PPF
Replace 3 no. windows
72 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 4 Jun 2014
Decided2014/175/PPF
To improve area of land by importing inert non-hazardous spoil from excavations from construction sites in the Sullom Voe area
Scatsta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QP
Received 5 Jun 2014
Decided2014/176/PPF
Install external air heat source pump to 40 dwellings (Retrospective Application)
Strand Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SE
Received 5 Jun 2014
Decided2014/177/PPP
Erect 3 dwellinghouses (Planning Permission in Principle)
Willtrow Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JG
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/178/PPF
Install 2 no. 6 kw wind turbines on 15 m high towers and excavation of associated trench for electricity cable
Norvista House Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/179/PPF
To site 2 no. static caravans
Fuchsia Cottage Veensgarth Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/180/PPP
Erect 2 dwellinghouses
Adjacent To Gossawater Stove Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 9 Jun 2014
Decided2014/181/LBC
Reharl and repairs to stone margins
Bayhall Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/182/PPF
Reharl and repairs to stone margins
Bayhall Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/183/PPF
Install biomass heating system and underground district heating network
Whalsay Leisure Centre Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AB
Received 6 Jun 2014
Decided2014/184/PPF
Change of use of mobile caravan into podiatry clinic (Class 2)
Burnside Manse Houl Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UA
Received 9 Jun 2014
Decided2014/185/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Whitefield Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AQ
Received 9 Jun 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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