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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
9,573Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,700 approved or refused records
115Refused applications

7,585 approved · 115 refused · 259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Oct 2004 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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

  1. Decided2015/170/PPF

    To erect extension to existing industrial storage unit

    Blydoit Industrial Estate East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UG

    Received 13 May 2015
  2. Decided2015/171/PPF

    To erect smoking shelter

    Sullom Voe Terminal Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU

    Received 13 May 2015
  3. Decided2015/172/SCR

    Screening opinion for proposed extension

    Sullom Mine Quarry Sullom Shetland ZE2 9RD

    Received 14 May 2015
  4. Decided2015/173/PPF

    To erect dwellinghouse with access road, parking and turning areas; mains drainage connection

    North Of Ronan Cottage Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA

    Received 20 May 2015
  5. Decided2015/174/PPF

    Installation of 2No. 6kW wind turbines on 9m towers and excavation of associated trench for electricity cable

    Binnaness South Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL

    Received 21 May 2015
  6. Decided2015/015/WL

    To construct a new concrete slipway

    Plot 14 Camp Brae

    Received 12 May 2015
  7. Decided2015/175/PPF

    To erect dwellinghouse, create access road and associated drainage

    Urafirth Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RH

    Received 21 May 2015
  8. Decided2015/176/TCA

    Proposed trimming of bushes

    Laburnum 15 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA

    Received 21 May 2015
  9. Decided2015/177/PPF

    To erect ancillary detached accommodation to existing dwellinghouse

    20 Hogalee East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UU

    Received 22 May 2015
  10. Decided2015/178/PPF

    To erect wind turbine 23m hub height; 21m rotor diameter and 33.5m blade tip height with associated access track, crane pad and cable route

    Land To East Of Brae Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ

    Received 25 May 2015
  11. Decided2015/179/PPF

    Change of use from hardstanding area to bus depot; site a portacabin for office/welfare facilities

    Gremista Yard Gremista Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PX

    Received 25 May 2015
  12. Decided2015/180/PPF

    Installation of an external air source heat pump

    Communal Gardens Serving 1, 2, 5 & 6 Carlton Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ED

    Received 26 May 2015
  13. Decided2015/017/MAR

    To extend an existing single longline mussel spat site by siting an additional two 220m twin headline longlines to the west of the site

    Olas Voe, Selivoe

    Received 27 May 2015
  14. Decided2015/181/PPF

    To create hardstanding area and to construct a stable building (Retrospective)

    Eswick South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PS

    Received 28 May 2015
  15. Decided2015/016/WL

    To carry out improvements to an existing pier and install a seasonal pleasure craft pontoon

    Tresta Pier, Tresta Voe, Bixter

    Received 26 May 2015
  16. Decided2015/182/PPF

    To extend existing dwellinghouse together with formation of new surface water soakaway

    Clothister Sullom Shetland ZE2 9RD

    Received 1 Jun 2015
  17. Decided2015/018/MAR

    To develop a new mussel farm comprising two 220m twin-headline longlines

    East Of Houss Ness, Clift Sound, Burra

    Received 15 May 2015
  18. Decided2015/183/PPF

    Change of use of land from agricultural to industrial (retrospective)

    Ness Engineering Ltd Brakes Scatness Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JW

    Received 1 Jun 2015
  19. Decided2015/019/MAR

    To remove existing fish farming equipment and replace with a new farm comprising fourteen 100m-circumference cages and a 10m-diameter c-cap feed barge to be used for on-growing of salmon

    North Of Uyea Isle, Uyeasound, Unst

    Received 27 May 2015
  20. Decided2015/020/MAR

    To remove existing fish farming equipment and replace with fourteen 100m-circumference cages and a 10m-diameter c-cap feed barge to be used for on-growing of salmon

    Southeast Of Point Of Burkwell, Uyeasound, Unst

    Received 27 May 2015
  21. Decided2015/184/PPF

    Demolition of existing derelict buildings and erection of dwellinghouse

    Redundant Croft House Site Southwest Of Arklow Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF

    Received 2 Jun 2015
  22. Decided2015/021/MAR

    To vary condition no. 2 of Planning Permission 2012/009/MAR to extend the time period for commencement of development by one year

    Aith Voe (West), Aith

    Received 3 Jun 2015
  23. Decided2015/022/MAR

    To vary condition no. 2 of Planning Permission 2012/010/MAR to extend the time period for commencement of development by one year

    Grunna Voe, Dury

    Received 3 Jun 2015
  24. Decided2015/185/VCON

    To vary condition 1 of planning permission 2014/076/PPF to: extend length of garage by 1.5m; relocate air source heat pump; addition of high level window in kitchen; amended location of blockwork retaining wall along east elevation (Part Retrospective)

    Plot 3 Sands Of Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SZ

    Received 4 Jun 2015

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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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