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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

9,836Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,855 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,739 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2018/085/PPF
Demolition of existing entrance porch and store and replacement with new extension to provide entrance hall and toilets. Demolition of campsite toilets and shower block and replacement with new up dated toilets, showers and accessible facilities.
Levenwick Village Club Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX
Received 9 Apr 2018
Pending Consideration2010/3/DCON
Discharge of conditions
South Biggins Foula ZE2 9PN
Received 9 Apr 2018
Decided2018/086/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning permission in principle)
Rear Garden Ground Of 70 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 9 Apr 2018
Decided2018/087/PPF
To demolish exisiting rear extension and front porch and extend to provide additional living space, bedrooms and decking
Stiva Ireland Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA
Received 10 Apr 2018
Decided2018/088/PPF
Installation of 1 x BT Superfast Broadband Cabinet measuring 1430mm x 450mm x 1300mm
A970 OPP Pund North Roe Shetland ZE2 9RY
Received 10 Apr 2018
Decided2018/089/PPF
Erect 4 number one bedroom dwellings accessed from an existing upgraded and extended private access road with associated car parking and landscaping.
Wormadale Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ
Received 10 Apr 2018
Decided2018/090/PPF
To Erect 10kW wind turbine on a 12m tower
Ulsta Ferry Terminal Ulsta Yell Shetland ZE2 9BD
Received 11 Apr 2018
Decided2018/091/PPF
Erect a 10kW wind turbine on a 12 metre tower
Fetlar Ferry Terminal Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 11 Apr 2018
Decided2018/010/MSS
To develop a new Atlantic salmon farm comprising eight 120m-circumference cages and a 14m x 10m feed barge,
Burki Taing East, Muckle Roe, Shetland
Received 11 Apr 2018
Decided2016/425/DCON1
Discharge of conditions 2, 5 and 7 of permission ref 2016/425/PPF
Site Between Union Street & Prince Alfred Street King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland
Received 11 Apr 2018
Decided2016/426/DCON
Discharge of Conditions 2-5 for Application 2016/426/CAC
Site Between Union Street & Prince Alfred Street King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland
Received 11 Apr 2018
Decided2018/092/APN
Agricultural Shed for Wool
Uradale Farm East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 12 Apr 2018
Decided2017/344/DCON
Discharge of planning conditions relating to finishes of roof and walls of temporary chalet
Greenfield Road Cullister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 16 Apr 2018
Decided2018/096/PPF
Provision of a 2.09 km access track and associated works, new junction and temporary construction compound.
Unclassified road to Upper Kergord runs approximately 1.5km, from a junction with the B9075, approximately 70m east of B9075 of Weisdale crossing.
Received 17 Apr 2018
Decided2018/017/DCON
Discharge Planning conditions 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9
Adjacent Sea Breeze East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 17 Apr 2018
Decided2018/098/PPF
Change use to residential at 1st and 2nd floor levels
141 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 16 Apr 2018
Decided2018/099/PNT
Installation of electronic communications apparatus including new 10m pole
Highground Parkview Ground Behind Derelict House Sandwick ZE2 9HT
Received 18 Apr 2018
Decided2018/100/TCA
Proposed tree works
Clumlie 11 Greenfield Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AQ
Received 18 Apr 2018
Decided2018/101/PPF
Re-harl gable walls of property
77 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ER
Received 23 Apr 2018
Pending Consideration2017/307/DCON2
Discharge condition 9 and 11
The Rippack Fair Isle Shetland
Received 23 Apr 2018
Decided2018/102/PPF
Erect agricultural storage shed and byre with part slatted floor and slurry tank below
Sunshine Cottage Wester Quarff Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EZ
Received 24 Apr 2018
Decided2017/312/DCON
Application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 9, 11, 13 & 14
Plot 2 Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland
Received 24 Apr 2018
Decided2017/376/DCON
Application to discharge conditions 3, 4, 9, 11, 13 & 14
Plot 1 Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 24 Apr 2018
Decided2018/103/PPF
Repaint external windows and door in new colours
58 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BD
Received 24 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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