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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 dates10,411Searchable applications
136Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,215 approved or refused records
133Refused applications
8,082 approved · 133 refused · 280 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Nov 2002 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Pre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01595744293Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided2024/093/NMV
Non-material variation - proposal to change fence material
East Burrafirth E:436919, N:1157579
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/094/NMV
Non-material variation - proposal to change fence material
Grunnafirth E:445692, N:1159837
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/095/NMV
Non-material variation - proposal to change fence material
Laxo Knowe, B9071 E:442852,N:1163057
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/096/NMV
Non-material variation - proposal to change fence material
Setter Weisdale E:439600, N:1154723
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided2023/130/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 5 - Construction Management Plan
16 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AN
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/023/MARSCO
Scoping opinion request in relation to the proposed redevelopment and expansion of an existing consented salmon farm by siting up to 12 x 200m-circumference pens in a 150m mooring grid and a new feed barge
Fish Holm Fish Farm, Yell Sound, Shetland
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decided2022/193/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning conditions 3 and 6 of planning permission 2022/193/PPF.
Church Of Scotland Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided2022/194/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning conditions 3 and 5 of planning permission 2022/194/LBC.
Church Of Scotland Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decided2022/323/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 3 - Tree Method Statement.
Plot Clairmont Place Lerwick Shetland
Received 22 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/013/DCON1
New domestic general purpose storage shed
Hololoan Gunnista Bressay Shetland ZE2 9EL
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/102/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 4 (SW Connection)
Sound Service Station South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EF
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/202/PPF
To erect single storey dwellinghouse with integral garage; install air source heat pump; create new access, parking and turning area.
Plot 11 Culsetter Park Brae Shetland ZE2 9QN
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decided2024/203/PPF
The erection of a prefabricated stables building, including three stables, washing bay, double garage and a boat shed.
SPIGGIE HOUSE DUNROSSNESS SHETLAND ZE2 9JE
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/204/LBC
Proposed maintenance works to include re-slating of main roof areas with like for like welsh slate and replacement of felt on small flat roof area; lead covering to east gable wall stone skews; replacement of cast iron gutters, hoppers and downpipes on the north, south and west elevations with aluminium rainwater products.
Garrison Theatre Market Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JN
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/205/PPF
To erect single storey dwellinghouse; install air source heat pump; create new access, parking and turning area; install surface water soakaway.
Plot Symbister Whalsay Shetland
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/206/CLUP
To erect a timber shed on a concrete foundation to be used as a workshop and sell handmade art & crafts
GREENACRES BRAKE QUENDALE SHETLAND ZE2 9JD
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/207/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion in respect of proposed new school buildings with associated playground and sports facilities
Brae High School Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Unknown2024/208/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice of proposed new school buildings with associated playground and sports facilities
Brae High School Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Unknown2024/209/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice - Construction, commissioning and operation of a redesigned wind farm with associated access, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement, associated buildings and ancillary works.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/211/PPF
Change of use of student residences and associated accommodation on the first floor of Port Arthur House to office use; removal and over cladding of an existing window.
Port Arthur House Port Arthur Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UN
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Unknown2024/024/MPN
Application for prior notification under class 21C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To change top net system from 'hamster wheels' to pole-supported top nets
Belmont, Uyeasound, Shetland
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/212/PPF
Siting of a mobile home for residential purposes including creation of base slab, utilities and drainage; erection of polycrub
Grindins Wester Skeld Shetland ZE2 9NL
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/213/PPF
Demolish existing dwellinghouse and outbuildings; erection of new 1.5 storey dwellinghouse, polycrub and associated services works to revised parking and drainage upgrades.
South Gluss Gluss Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RU
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided2024/214/PPF
To erect single storey dwellinghouse; create new access track, parking and turning space; install air source heat pump; install surface water soakaway and land infiltration system.
Uphouse Wethersta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QL
Received 14 Aug 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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