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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

9,831Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,850 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,734 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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

Decided2018/006/MAR
To extend four 200m double headrope longlines by 20m at an existing mussel farm. (retrospective)
Easterdale Langsound Burra
Received 9 Mar 2018
Decided2018/060/PPF
To erect building for Recycling Facility within existing Waste Management Facility Site
Waste Management Facility Gremista Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PU
Received 9 Mar 2018
Decided2018/061/PPF
To change use of part of building from class 10 to class 2 offices for a temporary period expiring 31 December 2018 (retrospective application)
Old Anderson High School Lovers Loan Lerwick
Received 12 Mar 2018
Decided2018/062/PPF
To construct garden shed
38 Twageos Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BB
Received 13 Mar 2018
Decided2018/063/PPP
To erect dwellinghouse and create new access (Planning Permission in Principle)
Saltness Walls Shetland
Received 13 Mar 2018
Decided2018/067/SCR
Screening opinion for Quoys Hatchery discharge pipe extension to sea
Quoys Hatchery Burrafirth Unst Shetland ZE2 9EQ
Received 13 Mar 2018
Decided2018/064/PPF
Change of land use to within the domestic curtilage of a dwelling house and retrospective permission for erection of a domesticgarage.
Marimas Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 14 Mar 2018
Decided2018/071/PPF
Change of use to extend existing external yard storage area by demolishing dilapidated blockwork building and erecting a boundary fence and gate. Erection of two flagpoles in connection with adjacent business.
DH Marine Marina Business Park Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0TA
Received 15 Mar 2018
Decided2018/072/PN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
DH Marine Marina Business Park Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0TA
Received 15 Mar 2018
Decided2018/073/LBC
Replace existing felt roof with new turf roof. Install and Air Source Heat Pump. Replace/repair windows, repair roof and carry out internal alterations.
63 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AB
Received 15 Mar 2018
Decided2018/065/APN
Erect general purpose agricultural storage building
Stonefield Blett Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JH
Received 19 Mar 2018
Decided2018/074/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse, create new access, parking and turning, install air source heat pump, install septic tank and SUDs
Heglabister Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LN
Received 22 Mar 2018
Decided2017/307/DCON
Discharge planning conditions 6, 8, 10 & 12
The Rippack Fair Isle Shetland
Received 22 Mar 2018
Unknown2018/076/APN
To erect general purpose agricultural building
Sandshoul Isbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AJ
Received 26 Mar 2018
Decided2018/008/MAR
To develop a new Atlantic salmon farm comprising twelve 100m-circumference cages and a 10m-diameter c-cap feed barge (replacement for an existing salmon farm consented by planning permission refs 2004/1012/RF and 2015/037/MAR, and as part of a wider proposal to consolidate three existing salmon farms in Gruting Voe into two larger farms)
Hogan, Gruting Voe
Received 21 Mar 2018
Decided2018/009/MAR
To remove existing fish farm cages and replace with twelve 100m-circumference cages and a 10m-diameter c-cap feed barge to be used for on-growing of Atlantic salmon (as part of a wider proposal to consolidate three existing salmon farms in Gruting Voe into two larger farms)
Holm Of Gruting, Gruting Voe
Received 21 Mar 2018
Decided2018/077/PPF
Extension to Community minibus garage
3A Easterdale Industrial Estate Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9JY
Received 27 Mar 2018
Unknown2018/007/MAR
To deploy a MANTA wave energy converter for a trial period within the mooring grid of an existing fish farm
Teisti Geo, Clift Sound
Received 13 Mar 2018
Decided2018/078/PPF
Change of use of former Olnafirth School to Brewery
Olnafirth Primary School Isles Road Voe Shetland ZE2 9PT
Received 29 Mar 2018
Decided2018/080/VCON
To vary condition 2 of 2013/053/VCON to extend planning permission for a further 5 years
Land at Scalla Field, Weisdale, Shetland, ZE2 9LW
Received 29 Mar 2018
Decided2018/081/VCON
To vary condition 2 of 2013/051/VCON to extend planning permission for a further 5 years
Runn Hill temporary met mast, Skellister, South Nesting, Shetland, ZE2 9PP
Received 29 Mar 2018
Decided2018/082/VCON
To vary condition 2 of 2013/052/VCON to extend planning permission for a further 5 years
Mid Kame North temporary met mast, Mid Kame, Voe, Shetland, ZE2 9PX
Received 29 Mar 2018
Decided2018/083/VCON
To vary condition 2 of 2013/054/VCON to extend planning permission for a further 5 years
South Mid Field, Weisdale, ZE2 9LW
Received 29 Mar 2018
Decided2018/084/PNT
Installation of Electronic Communications Apparatus
Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9XH
Received 3 Apr 2018

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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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