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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

9,454Searchable applications

128Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 7,626 approved or refused records

115Refused applications

7,511 approved · 115 refused · 254 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jan 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2015/099/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse with attached garage
Plot 2 Southness Hoswick Sandwick ZE2 9HL
Received 16 Mar 2015
Decided2015/100/PPF
To erect extension to existing dwellinghouse and convert garage into accommodation
18 Longland Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SP
Received 19 Mar 2015
Decided2015/101/PPF
To demolish existing dwellinghouse and erect new single storey dwellinghouse
Ivy Cottage Reids Point Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9JY
Received 19 Mar 2015
Decided2015/102/RPP
To renew temporary permission 2014/052/PPF for inflatable shelter compound and supporting facilities
Sullom Voe Terminal Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU
Received 19 Mar 2015
Decided2015/103/PPF
To erect single storey dwellinghouse; demolish existing shed; create new access path
Behind 17 & 19 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA
Received 23 Mar 2015
Decided2015/104/PPF
Erect two one-bedroomed flats
Prince Alfred Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EP
Received 23 Mar 2015
Decided2015/105/TCA
Proposed removal of tree
1 Hayfield Court Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AN
Received 20 Mar 2015
Decided2015/106/VCON
To vary condition 1 of planning permission 2011/128/PCD to amend floor plan and elevations
Da Place North A Voe Camb Yell Shetland ZE2 9DA
Received 20 Mar 2015
Decided2015/107/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse with attached garage
Plot 7 Busta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QN
Received 20 Mar 2015
Decided2015/108/PNT
To install openreach street telecoms cabinet
OPP Mossbank Shop Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9RB
Received 23 Mar 2015
Decided2015/109/PPF
To remove existing chimney and reinstate roof
12 Water Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AG
Received 26 Mar 2015
Decided2015/110/PPF
To construct site workers accommodation, canteen, laundry, vehicle parking area and holding tank (Retrospective Application)
Dales Voe Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PY
Received 26 Mar 2015
Decided2015/111/PPF
To install an electric charging point with shelter and install mini pillar
Ulsta Ferry Terminal Ulsta Yell Shetland ZE2 9BD
Received 27 Mar 2015
Decided2015/112/PPF
To install an electric vehicle charging point with shelter
Gilbertson Park Games Hall Car Park Gilbertson Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HN
Received 27 Mar 2015
Decided2015/113/PPF
To erect 4 new garages
Plots 1-4 Pitt Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DW
Received 27 Mar 2015
Decided2015/114/PPF
To install satellite dish to west gable of house; install disconnecting manhole which connects to public sewer in Reform Lane
14 Reform Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DR
Received 27 Mar 2015
Decided2015/115/PPF
To erect sun room extension and install wood stove and flue
2 Greenwell Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9UL
Received 30 Mar 2015
Decided2015/013/MAR
To deploy eleven 100m-circumference cages for on-growing of salmon at the location of an existing consented fish farm (retrospective). Also to remove an existing feed barge and replace with an additional one 100m-circumference cage (proposed) and to deploy a shed barge to the west of the cage block (proposed)
Northeast Of Trea Wick, Mouth Of Swining Voe (Site 3), Delting
Received 25 Mar 2015
Decided2015/116/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse with attached garage
Plot 1 Busta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QN
Received 30 Mar 2015
Decided2015/117/PPF
To erect extension to existing dwellinghouse
Breibister Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 31 Mar 2015
Decided2015/118/PPF
To erect detached domestic garage
Valeview Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF
Received 31 Mar 2015
Decided2015/119/LBC
To repair west gable plaster by removing plaster and harl and replacing with plaster/harling render
Tingwall Parish Church Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB
Received 1 Apr 2015
Decided2015/120/PPF
Installation of 20 no. air source heat pumps (Retrospective Application)
Hoofields Lerwick Shetland
Received 2 Apr 2015
Decided2015/121/PPP
To erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
South Of Rocklea South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL
Received 8 Apr 2015

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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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