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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
9,956Searchable applications
134Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,929 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

7,813 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Apr 2003 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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

  1. Decided2019/243/PPF

    Erect double garage with new access from Cockatoo Lane

    53 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EQ

    Received 26 Aug 2019
  2. Decided2018/251/DCON1

    Application to discharge conditions 4, 5, 11 and 13 of planning application ref 2018/251/PPF

    Utnabrake Upper Scalloway Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0LR

    Received 26 Aug 2019
  3. Decided2019/244/PPF

    Install additional fuel pump to existing service station forecourt, enlarge canopy and clad existing elevations with low fire risk cladding, increase fence height on south boundary

    Sound Service Station South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RD

    Received 27 Aug 2019
  4. Decided2019/245/PPF

    Change of use from retail to private medical clinic, with retail by appointment and Retrospective planning for painting ground floor shop front

    155 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EX

    Received 27 Aug 2019
  5. Decided2019/246/PPF

    Proposed erection of Dwelling with ASHP and access track

    Plot 1 Sand Garderhouse Shetland

    Received 28 Aug 2019
  6. Decided2019/247/PPF

    Change of land use to within domestic curtilage of a dwelling house, create private garden access to pontoon and erect new post and wire fences (Part retrospective)

    Marimas Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB

    Received 28 Aug 2019
  7. Decided2019/021/WL

    To install a new 24.5m x 4m pontoon and associated works

    Aith Lifeboat Station Aith

    Received 29 Aug 2019
  8. Decided2019/022/WL

    To install a modular float pontoon for private use (retrospective)

    Adjacent To 'Marimas' Vidlin Loch Vidlin

    Received 30 Aug 2019
  9. Decided2019/248/PPF

    To construct an interpretation centre and toilets at Hermaness NNR entrance

    Interpretive Centre Shore Station Burrafirth Unst SHETLAND

    Received 30 Aug 2019
  10. Decided2019/023/MAR

    To modify an existing salmon farm by changing the cage top net support system from central floating supports to circumference-mounted fibreglass poles (part-retrospective (Northern cage group) and part-proposed (Southern cage group))

    West Of Balta Isle Balta Sound Unst

    Received 29 Aug 2019
  11. Decided2019/249/PPF

    To construct lounge extension to front elevation of existing dwelling house

    2 Sands Of Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SZ

    Received 2 Sept 2019
  12. Decided2019/250/S37SIM

    Retrospective consent for two span of existing 11kV overhead supported by wooden poles between HU51868626 and HU52018627 and consent for three span of new 11kV overhead supported by wooden poles betwen HU52018627 and HU52208643 located within the planning authority area of Shetland at East Yell Hall, Yell, Shetland

    East Yell Public Hall Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9AX

    Received 27 Aug 2019
  13. Decided2018/203/DCON2

    Discharge of Condition 3 and Condition 14- 2018/203/PPF

    Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 2 Sept 2019
  14. Decided2019/251/CLUP

    Erect timber garden shed

    1 Greenhoulls Park Brae Shetland ZE2 9QG

    Received 4 Sept 2019
  15. Decided2019/001/DCON

    Application to discharge condition 4 of planning ref. 2019/001/PPF

    63 Gilbertson Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HN

    Received 9 Sept 2019
  16. Decided2018/096/DCON3

    Application to discharge condition 5 - Peat Management Plan for planning ref. 2018/096/PPF

    Unclassified Road To Upper Kergord Runs Approximately 1.5km, From A Junction With The B9075, Approximately 70M East Of B9075 Of Weisdale Crossing.

    Received 6 Sept 2019
  17. Decided2019/252/APN

    Erect general purpose agricultural shed

    Swarthoull Hestigarth Wester Skeld Shetland ZE2 9NJ

    Received 6 Sept 2019
  18. Decided2019/253/APN

    Erect general purpose agricultural shed

    Westown Bardister Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RU

    Received 9 Sept 2019
  19. Decided2018/335/DCON7

    Discharge of Condition 31 (Heritage Strategy) - 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 10 Sept 2019
  20. Decided2018/335/DCON8

    Application to discharge condition 4 - Construction Environmental Management Plan of Planning Permission 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 11 Sept 2019
  21. Decided2018/335/DCON9

    Discharge Condition 20 (Aquatic Environment) - 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 11 Sept 2019
  22. Decided2018/096/DCON4

    Application to discharge condition 9 - Water Quality Management Plan of planning application 2018/096/PPF

    Unclassified Road To Upper Kergord Runs Approximately 1.5km, From A Junction With The B9075, Approximately 70M East Of B9075 Of Weisdale Crossing.

    Received 11 Sept 2019
  23. Decided2018/096/DCON5

    Application to discharge planning conditions 6 & 7 - Construction Environmental Management Plan of Planning Pernission 2018/096/PPF

    Unclassified Road To Upper Kergord Runs Approximately 1.5km, From A Junction With The B9075, Approximately 70M East Of B9075 Of Weisdale Crossing.

    Received 11 Sept 2019
  24. Decided2019/254/PPF

    Retrospective planning application for the installation of 3no J&E Hall International JEHS-0200-B2-M-3 Condensing Units enclosed within larch timber casing with mesh wire side panels.

    The Checkout Main Street Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TR

    Received 12 Sept 2019

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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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