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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Shetland Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,793 approved · 116 refused · 262 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Sound Service Station South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RD
Received 4 Mar 2019Taing Norbister Burra Shetland ZE2 9LE
Received 5 Mar 20197 Hogalee East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UU
Received 6 Mar 2019North Park Villa New Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TS
Received 6 Mar 2019Easthouse Croft Ducansclate West Burra ZE2 9UY
Received 8 Mar 2019Huxter Water Mills And Dam Huxter Sandness ZE2 9PL
Received 8 Mar 2019Croft House Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JG
Received 8 Mar 2019Fetlar Public Hall Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ
Received 11 Mar 2019St Albern Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW
Received 11 Mar 2019Adjacent Rockhaven Laxfirth Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SG
Received 12 Mar 2019Coolgardie Hillwell Quendale ZE2 9JD
Received 13 Mar 2019Blydoit Industrial Estate East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UG
Received 13 Mar 2019Brevik House 27 South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0TG
Received 14 Mar 20193 Cameron Way Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9JN
Received 15 Mar 2019West Ireland Ireland Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA
Received 15 Mar 2019Solbakken Firth Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9RB
Received 15 Mar 2019Easterhoull East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 15 Mar 20192 Clairmont Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BR
Received 14 Mar 2019Fort Charlotte 1 Charlotte Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JL
Received 14 Mar 2019B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland
Received 18 Mar 201972 North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT
Received 15 Mar 2019Laurendale Voe Shetland ZE2 9PT
Received 20 Mar 2019650 M South Of The A970/B9075 Along The A970. From There The Prospective Main Camp Site Is Situated Less That 50 M Northeast Of The A970.
Received 15 Mar 20193 Km West Of Weisdale Along The A971, From There The Prospective West Camp Site Is Situated Approximately 50 M To The North Of The A971
Received 15 Mar 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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