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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
9,616Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,725 approved or refused records
115Refused applications

7,610 approved · 115 refused · 259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Sept 2004 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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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

  1. Decided2015/341/PPF

    Installation of a 6kW wind turbine on a 15m tower and excavation of associated trench for electricity cable

    The Moul Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX

    Received 9 Oct 2015
  2. Decided2015/342/PPF

    Erect 2 no. 6kw wind turbines on 15m towers

    Land At Cole South Voxter Shetland ZE2 9PY

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  3. Decided2015/343/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Kirkhoull Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  4. Decided2015/344/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Cornhill East Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9AU

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  5. Decided2015/345/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Poverty East Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9AU

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  6. Decided2015/346/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind tubine on 15m tower

    Niaroo Gloup Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  7. Decided2015/347/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Middlesbrough Gossabrough Yell Shetland ZE2 9AU

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  8. Decided2015/348/PPF

    Erect 2no. 6kw wind turbines on 15m towers

    Glenburn Maywick Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JF

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  9. Decided2015/349/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Land At Smithfield Hillswick Shetland

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  10. Decided2015/350/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Brooklea Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  11. Decided2015/351/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Knowes Tirvister Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RU

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  12. Decided2015/352/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on a 15m tower

    Ronas Voe Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RX

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  13. Decided2015/353/PPF

    Erect 3no. 6kw wind turbines on 15m towers

    Braefield Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JQ

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  14. Decided2015/354/PPF

    Erect 3no. 6kw wind turbines on 15m towers

    Annsfield Garderhouse Sand Shetland ZE2 9NQ

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  15. Decided2015/355/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Springfield Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  16. Decided2015/356/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Nampara Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  17. Decided2015/357/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower

    Ark Aywick Yell Shetland ZE2 9AX

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  18. Decided2015/358/PPF

    Erect 6kw wind turbine on a 15m tower

    Ronas Voe Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RX

    Received 13 Oct 2015
  19. Decided2015/359/PPF

    Change of use of land from agricultural to domestic and erect shed measuring 12.318m x 18.547m

    Neirhjem Reawick Shetland ZE2 9NJ

    Received 9 Oct 2015
  20. Decided2015/360/PPF

    To change of use from shop to dwellinghouse

    51 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AB

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  21. Decided2015/361/PPF

    To create new access road

    Lee Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW

    Received 12 Oct 2015
  22. Decided2015/362/PPF

    External painting of building (Retrospective Application)

    The Shearing Shed Main Street Scalloway Shetland Shetland ZE1 0TR

    Received 15 Oct 2015
  23. Decided2015/364/AMSC

    To erect dwellinghouse and garage with air-source heat pump external unit

    North Of Kingsknowe South Setter Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9JX

    Received 15 Oct 2015
  24. Decided2015/365/PPF

    Installation of a 6kW wind turbine on a 15m tower and excavation of associated trench for electricity cable

    Murrister Bridge Of Walls Shetland ZE2 9NP

    Received 15 Oct 2015

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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How to search planning applications

Guides to planning records

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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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