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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

9,623Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,730 approved or refused records

115Refused applications

7,615 approved · 115 refused · 259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

Decided2015/366/PPF
Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower
Ellishadder Setter Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HP
Received 13 Oct 2015
Decided2015/367/PPF
Erect 6kw wind turbine on 15m tower
Hillhead Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RT
Received 13 Oct 2015
Decided2015/369/PNT
To install telecommunications cabinet
Opp Holmslea Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 12 Oct 2015
Decided2015/370/PNT
To install telecommunications cabinet
N/O 43 Leaside Firth Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TF
Received 12 Oct 2015
Decided2015/371/LBC
External painting of building (Retrospective Application)
The Shearing Shed Main Street Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TR
Received 12 Oct 2015
Decided2015/372/PPF
Erect 6kw wind turbine on a 15m tower
Land To The East Of Stoneybrake Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/373/PPF
Demolish side porch to Knysna, existing garage and shed; extend existing parking area; erect new dwellinghouse
Knysna 6 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland Shetland ZE1 0LB
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/374/PPF
Installation of a 6kW wind turbine on a 15m tower and excavation of associated trench for electricity cable
Ernsmoor Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/375/PPF
Installation of 2 No. 15kW wind turbines on 15m towers and excavation of associated trench for electricity cables
Waste Management Facility Gremista Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PU
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/376/PPF
To erect garden shed
2 Parkview Houlland Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HP
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/377/PPF
To install 2 no. windows
The Sycamores 7 Hill Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HA
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/378/PPF
To erect extension to existing dwellinghouse
Hill Dykes Lubba Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 15 Oct 2015
Decided2015/380/PPP
Demolition of an existing unused office building and the construction of a new 91 bedroom hotel with associated parking.
Brevik House 27 South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0TG
Received 21 Oct 2015
Decided2015/381/FORMB
11kv high voltage overhead line
Pund South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL
Received 19 Oct 2015
Decided2015/382/APN
To erect agricultural storage shed
Foraness Braewick Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF
Received 20 Oct 2015
Decided2015/383/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse
Challister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AN
Received 22 Oct 2015
Decided2015/384/PPF
To erect 2no. dwellinghouses
Adjacent To Da Moorings South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL
Received 22 Oct 2015
Unknown2015/038/MAR
To deploy a 160m x 40m sub-surface cage grid mooring system (retrospective). Also to deploy four 70m-circumference cages in said grid to be used for on-growing of salmon (proposed)
West Of Skeo Taing, Baltasound Harbour, Unst
Received 14 Oct 2015
Decided2015/385/PNT
Install telecommunications cabinet
S/O Lesmar Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NA
Received 20 Oct 2015
Decided2015/386/PNT
Proposed telecommunications
Graven Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9QR
Received 21 Oct 2015
Unknown2015/387/PPF
To erect wind turbine
Roeness Reawick Shetland ZE2 9NJ
Received 23 Oct 2015
Decided2015/039/MAR
To deploy three 440m twin-headline longlines (retrospective) and one 80m twin-headline longline (proposed) for production of mussels at the location of an existing consented mussel farm
Noonsbrough, South Vementry
Received 28 Oct 2015
Decided2015/388/PPF
To erect garden shed
4 Parkview Houlland Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9WJ
Received 23 Oct 2015
Decided2015/389/ADV
To erect signage (Retrospective Application)
10 Lower Blackhill Industrial Estate Gremista Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PX
Received 23 Oct 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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