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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

9,924Searchable applications

133Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,916 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,800 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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

Decided2019/103/PPF
To erect 6 bedroom single storey residential unit for the care of children, sleeping quarters for carers and associated driveway and garage (Use Class 8).
West Of Stura Scheme Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9FJ
Received 10 Apr 2019
Decided2019/104/APN
Erect nissan hut
Lower House Brindister West Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NT
Received 10 Apr 2019
Decided2018/288/DCON1
Discharge of Condition 4 & 6 - 2018/288/PPF
North Park Villa New Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TS
Received 11 Apr 2019
Decided2019/106/ADV
Erect 3 signs on Whiteboards with black letters
Roadside East Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 12 Apr 2019
Pending Consideration2019/107/PPF
To site mobile unit to trade from
Irvine Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 15 Apr 2019
Decided2018/115/DCON1
Discharge Condition 5 of the permission
Wethersta Brae Shetland
Received 11 Apr 2019
Decided2019/108/PPF
Change temporary consent to permanent dwelling including change of use of surrounding area to garden ground
Catfirth Halt Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 11 Apr 2019
Decided2019/109/PPF
Extension to existing dwelling house to form new sun room.
Bellhaven Walls Shetland ZE2 9PB
Received 15 Apr 2019
Decided2019/110/LBC
Replace 4 no. rooflights to west elevation
Anderson Homes Twageos Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BG
Received 16 Apr 2019
Decided2019/111/PPF
Demolish existing garage and erect extension and decking to dwellinghouse, extension to store and change of use to self contained unit with air source heat pump
45 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA
Received 16 Apr 2019
Decided2019/112/PPF
Proposed Garage extension to existing dwelling house.
Woodstock Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 17 Apr 2019
Decided2019/113/CAC
Demolish existing garage
45 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA
Received 17 Apr 2019
Decided2019/114/PPF
Change of use of land from agricultural to garden ground and erect single storey extension to west elevation
Bridge View Sunnybank Bridge End Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD
Received 17 Apr 2019
Decided2019/115/PPF
Erect a life size statue of the White Wife of Watlee
Watlee Loch Road Junction Between Uyeasound & Baltasound (A968) Unst Shetland ZE2 9DW
Received 17 Apr 2019
Decided2019/117/PPF
Erect extension to existing dwellinghouse
Carcharodon Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9JX
Received 19 Apr 2019
Decided2019/118/TCA
Removal of sycamore tree
Leog House 2 Leog Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AH
Received 22 Apr 2019
Decided2018/300/DCON
Discharge condition 3 of application 2018/300/PPF
6 Vatna Gaet Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 23 Apr 2019
Decided2019/119/PPF
Siting of a temporary structure (5 years) for use as a jewellery design workshop (Use Class 4)
Near Hoswick Visitors Centre Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 24 Apr 2019
Decided2019/120/PPF
Demolish existing porch and erect extension and decking
Braelea Highmount Road Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9JY
Received 25 Apr 2019
Decided2019/121/PPF
Retrospective application for the heightening of the main buildings' roof during replacement. The roof was heightened by around a metre.
The Vilge Willtrow Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JG
Received 25 Apr 2019
Decided2019/004/MAR
To develop a new mussel farm comprising 8 x 220m twin-headline longlines (renewal of lapsed planning permission 2014/034/MAR)
Merry Holm, West Burra Firth, Trondra
Received 26 Apr 2019
Decided2019/122/APN
Erect agricultural shed
Murrister Bridge Of Walls Shetland ZE2 9NP
Received 29 Apr 2019
Decided2019/123/ADV
14 No. Advertising boards each board is 7.2m long with a 1m gap in between
Boddom Football Pitch Boddam Shetland
Received 30 Apr 2019
Decided2019/124/S37SIM
Retrospective consent for low voltage overhead cable supported by wooden poles between HU36618967 and HU36718992 and the installation of underground cable
Opposite Puddles North Roe Shetland
Received 9 Apr 2019

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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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