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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

9,963Searchable applications

134Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,935 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,819 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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

Decided2019/255/PPF
Erect single storey, split level, dwellinghouse with separate double garage and access road with associated air source heat pump and septic tank
Plot Gulberwick Shetland
Received 13 Sept 2019
Unknown2019/256/APN
Erect general purpose agricultural building
Busts Croft Aith Shetland ZE2 9ND
Received 10 Sept 2019
Decided2019/257/PPF
Extension to Dwelling
Hillview Brough Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AL
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decided2019/037/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 5 of planning application ref. 2019/037/PPF
Fair Isle Water Treatment Works (WTW) Fair Isle
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decided2019/258/PPF
Erect polytunnel (retrospective)
East Lynne Hillside Road Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decided2018/271/DCON1
Discharge conditions 7of planning application ref: 2018/271/PPF
Baillister Gott Tingwall
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decided2018/096/DCON6
Application to discharge condition 13 (Otter Survey and Report) of planning application 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 17 Sept 2019
Decided2019/259/PPF
To construct double garage extension to side (north) elevation of existing dwelling house including new driveway
1 Hardbrakes Place Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9GB
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decided2019/260/PPF
Install timber disabled access ramp to the rear entrance door
20 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LB
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decided2019/024/WL
To install 2 x berthing pontoons, connecting walkway and to carry out associated concrete works at an existing sea wall
Aithsvoe Pier Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decided2019/261/ADV
Plywood advertisement backing boards - 20 No. 2.4 x 0.6m
Asta Golf Club
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decided2019/262/PPF
Construct shore access point for 2 new berthing pontoons
Aithsvoe Pier Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decided2018/203/DCON3
Application to discharge Condition 4 of Planning Permission 2018/203/PPF
Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decided2019/263/PPF
Demolition of outbuildings attached to existing dwelling and erect new extension
Shoreside Bridge Of Walls Shetland ZE2 9NP
Received 24 Sept 2019
Decided2019/264/CLUP
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development as a Class 9 Dwellinghouse.
Copland Lodberry Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland
Received 25 Sept 2019
Decided2019/026/WL
To install 2 no. 90mm-diameter seawater intake pipes to serve Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary
Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 26 Sept 2019
Decided2019/265/PNT
Installation of Electronic Communications Apparatus fixed to 10m streetworks pole
Mid Yell Public Hall Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ
Received 24 Sept 2019
Decided2018/096/DCON7
Discharge of Condition 17 - Traffic Management Plan - of planning application 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 24 Sept 2019
Decided2019/266/PPF
Erect steel portal framed building to be used as an workshop and office, with associated parking and external lay down space.
Plot Cunningsburgh Industrial Estate Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 30 Sept 2019
Decided2018/335/DCON10
Discharge of Condition 38 (Peat Landslide Hazard Risk Assessment) for 2018/335/ECUCON
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 1 Oct 2019
Decided2018/271/DCON2
Discharge of Condition 8 - Planning Application 2018/271/PPF
Baillister Gott Tingwall
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decided2019/267/PPF
Installation of Electric Vehicle charge point
Lerwick Health Centre 19 South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RB
Received 3 Oct 2019
Decided2019/268/PPF
Installation of Electric Vehicle charge point
Town Hall Hillhead Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HB
Received 3 Oct 2019
Decided2018/251/DCON2
Discharge of Condition 12 (Programme of Blast Monitoring) - Application 2018/251/PPF
Utnabrake Upper Scalloway Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0LR
Received 4 Oct 2019

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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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