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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
9,648Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,739 approved or refused records
115Refused applications

7,624 approved · 115 refused · 260 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2016/053/PPF

    Change of use from agricultural use to industrial use to industrial estate

    Cullivoe Harbour Industrial Estate Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 26 Jan 2016
  2. Decided2016/016/PPF

    To replace front and rear dormer and rear middle floor windows (single glazed) with conservation type windows (double glazed)

    3 Gladstone Terrace Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EG

    Received 28 Jan 2016
  3. Decided2016/054/PPF

    Proposed new access to public road to serve wind farm development.

    Gutcher Yell Shetland ZE2 9DF

    Received 29 Jan 2016
  4. Decided2016/017/APN

    To erect general purpose agricultural building

    Leon Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RX

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  5. Decided2016/019/PPP

    To erect 2 No. Dwelling houses with new access road (planning permission in principle)

    2 No House Sites Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  6. Decided2016/020/PPF

    Proposed new house

    51 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  7. Decided2016/055/PPF

    To extend existing house to provide additional living area, Chorale House, Brae ZE2 9QJ

    Chorale House Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ

    Received 2 Feb 2016
  8. Decided2016/056/PPF

    To erect 4-bedroom dwellinghouse with integral garage

    Burland Trondra Shetland ZE1 0XL

    Received 4 Feb 2016
  9. Decided2016/057/LBC

    To erect a shelter over external excape stairs to the rear of the building

    173 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HX

    Received 4 Feb 2016
  10. Decided2016/058/APN

    Agricultural machinery store and maintenance for tractor and trailers

    Swinister Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RX

    Received 4 Feb 2016
  11. Decided2016/059/APN

    General prupose agriculture use - hay and feeding

    Bayview Eswick South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PS

    Received 4 Feb 2016
  12. Decided2016/061/PPF

    Demolish existing stair to front of building; construct new single storey to the west gable.; extend the accommodation to the north; provide new hard standing for car access and parking provision

    MIDWAY FAIR ISLE SHETLAND ZE2 9JU

    Received 5 Feb 2016
  13. Decided2016/062/PPF

    To alter existing roof and loft space to form dormer providing bedroom and en-suite accommodation and provide new internal stair.

    64 COMMERCIAL ROAD LERWICK SHETLAND ZE1 0NJ

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  14. Decided2016/063/PPF

    To remove part of existing roof and erect second storey extension

    Briar Cottage Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9LA

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  15. Decided2016/027/PPF

    Erect a portacabin as an Office, Mess Room and Toilet

    Sandwick Bakery Stove Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  16. Decided2016/004/MAR

    To deploy ten 100m - circumference cages and a 15.5m x 10m feed barge at the location of an existing consented fish farm (retrospective) and to deploy an additional two 100m - circumference cages at the eastern end of the current cage block (proposed) all to be used for on-growing of salmon. Also to enable cohabitation of lumpfish with salmon in all twelve cages for the purpose of lice control (proposed)

    Bight Of Bellister, Dury Voe

    Received 4 Feb 2016
  17. Decided2016/005/MAR

    To deploy eight 220m twin-headline longlines for production of mussels at the location of an existing consented mussel farm (retrospective)

    North Of Linga, Vaila Voe, Walls

    Received 5 Feb 2016
  18. Decided2016/006/MAR

    To deploy nine 240m twin-headline longlines for production of mussels at the location of an existing consented mussel farm (retrospective)

    East Of Riskaness, Vaila Sound, Walls

    Received 9 Feb 2016
  19. Decided2016/064/ADV

    To erect stainless steel signage, individual lettering fixed back to stone wall; vinyl signage to windows

    4 Market Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JN

    Received 10 Feb 2016
  20. Decided2016/028/APN

    To construct lean-to storage building adjacent to existing agricultural shed

    Parkhead Stromfirth Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LH

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  21. Decided2016/065/PPF

    To construct a timber clad dwelling house with access and septic tank

    Valleygarth Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG

    Received 11 Feb 2016
  22. Decided2016/029/PPF

    To construct dwelling house with Air Source Heat Pump

    Plot 8 Busta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QN

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  23. Decided2016/066/PPF

    To extend building to form a rear cage store

    Co-op Brae Shetland ZE2 9QG

    Received 12 Feb 2016
  24. Decided2016/031/LBC

    Erect Memorial at Hays Dock

    Hays Dock Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0WP

    Received 12 Feb 2016

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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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