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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
9,826Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,848 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

7,732 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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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. Decided2015/129/DCON

    To upgrade and widen existing public road including traffic calming measures for proposed residential development

    Sundibanks Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 19 Jan 2018
  2. Decided2018/017/PPF

    To extend existing shore base facilities and construct new shed (Class 6 Storage Use)

    Adjacent Sea Breeze East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 19 Jan 2018
  3. Decided2018/018/ADV

    to erect signboard and internal window graphics

    58 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BD

    Received 19 Jan 2018
  4. Unknown2018/019/APN

    to erect general purpose agricultural store

    Kirkhouse Voe Delting Shetland

    Received 22 Jan 2018
  5. Decided2018/020/PPF

    Change of use of land to domestic garden ground & erect garage/store

    Wirris Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AE

    Received 22 Jan 2018
  6. Decided2018/021/PPF

    Erect single storey extension and external decking to existing dwelling house

    Marimas Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB

    Received 24 Jan 2018
  7. Decided2018/022/PPP

    Erect dwellinghouse (planning permission in principle)

    Adjacent To The Bungalow Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JF

    Received 24 Jan 2018
  8. Decided2018/001/WL

    To reclaim at an existing shorebase an area of seabed to form a hard standing area and erect a shed

    East Voe, Scalloway

    Received 12 Jan 2018
  9. Decided2017/250/DCON1

    Discharge conditions 2 & 13

    Site 7 Aithsetter Cunningsburgh

    Received 29 Jan 2018
  10. Decided2018/023/PPF

    To change use of land from public to private domestic, erect extension to existing dwellinghouse and erect garage

    14 St Clair Road Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HD

    Received 26 Jan 2018
  11. Decided2018/024/PPF

    To extend domestic curtilage of existing dwellinghouse, erect garage & polytunnel (retrospective application)

    Virna Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ

    Received 29 Jan 2018
  12. Decided2017/274/DCON

    Discharge conditions 2, 5, 7 & 12

    Plot 5 (Dunvegan) Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG

    Received 29 Jan 2018
  13. Decided2018/025/PPF

    Installation of replacement plant within new enclosure; installation of 2no. trolley bays; colour change to shopfront and installation of wind break to front entrance

    Co-Op Ltd Holmsgarth Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PW

    Received 30 Jan 2018
  14. Decided2018/026/LBC

    Carry out emergency repairs and temporary works to make the building and surrounding site safe, and to protect the remainder of the fabric from further deterioration.

    Girlsta Hatchery Wadbister Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ

    Received 5 Feb 2018
  15. Appeal Upheld2018/027/PPF

    Single storey extension to north and east elevations

    Ivy Cottage Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL

    Received 5 Feb 2018
  16. Decided2018/030/PPF

    To create site access, part of a vehicular passing place, a public footpath and roadside verges

    West Of Fugloy Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 6 Feb 2018
  17. Decided2018/031/APN

    Erect 2 agricultural sheds

    Adjacent To: Caronda Twatt Bixter Shetland ZE2 9LX

    Received 8 Feb 2018
  18. Decided2018/032/PPF

    To construct new dwelling house with air source heat pump

    House Site West Of Houster Toab Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JL

    Received 9 Feb 2018
  19. Decided2018/034/PPF

    Installation of New Radar System (retrospective application)

    Remote Radar Station Saxa Vord Haroldswick Unst Shetland ZE2 9TJ

    Received 14 Feb 2018
  20. Decided2018/035/PPF

    Erect steel portal frame building for use as a Agricultural Museum and install access and parking areas

    North Of Gaet - A - Gott Gott Tingwall Shetland

    Received 14 Feb 2018
  21. Decided2018/036/LBC

    Roof Repairs - Tile Replacement and Replacement of Windows

    Pier House Uyeasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DW

    Received 15 Feb 2018
  22. Decided2018/002/WL

    To vary existing works licence 2016/025/WL for a subsea tidal array by increasing number of turbine devices from five to six, provision to relocate three of the devices within the approved mooring containment area after a period of operation, provision to deploy a subsea electrical hub, associated sensor equipment and additional cabling, and to extend the expiry date of the licence by an additional three years

    Cullivoe Bluemull Sound Yell

    Received 12 Feb 2018
  23. Decided2018/037/PPF

    Temporary change of use from (class 6) storage and light industry to chill facility (class 5)

    Scalloway Pier Scalloway Shetland

    Received 15 Feb 2018
  24. Decided2018/038/PPF

    To develop a decommissioning activities facility

    Dales Voe Gremista Lerwick Shetland

    Received 16 Feb 2018

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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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