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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

9,977Searchable applications

134Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,946 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,830 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Apr 2003 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2019/334/ADV
A3 Landscape size Interpretive panel. Fixed to the wall. The sign is face fixed and does not project.
Clutch Kettles Blacksness Pier Scalloway
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/335/ADV
Free standing with an identical sign either side, supported on aluminum posts.Existing sign at the side of the road is no longer required. Shetland Islands Council Road Services have confirmed the supporting posts can be re-used for a new back to back sign.
Main Street Scalloway Shetland
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/336/ADV
Install an A0 sized information/orientation board on the west elevation of the building
Scalloway Boating Club Port Arthur Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UN
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/337/ADV
Install an A0 sized information/orientation board on the north elevation of the building
Scalloway Village Hall Scalloway
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/338/ADV
Removal of redundant signage and installation of a new freestanding A0 sized Landscape format interpretive board.
Burn Beach Scalloway Shetland
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/339/ADV
A1 Landscape format interpretive board fixed to freestanding lectern style frame constructed from timber.
Scord Scalloway Shetland
Received 29 Nov 2019
Decided2019/340/PPF
Partial Change of Use from retail to kitchen and cafe space and from retail to takeaway; external paintwork to shop front and installation of 2 no. extract vents to external wall.
97 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BD
Received 3 Dec 2019
Decided2019/342/PPF
Erect replacement garage (retrospective application)
Newtown Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EZ
Received 2 Dec 2019
Decided2019/343/PPF
New domestic garage building
Borgfelde Lower Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RL
Received 4 Dec 2019
Decided2019/345/PN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings
Resource Centre Kantersted Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RT
Received 9 Dec 2019
Decided2019/346/PPF
Erect detached domestic garage and workshop
Grindadel Collafirth Ollaberry Shetland ZE2 9RX
Received 9 Dec 2019
Decided2019/347/PPF
Erection of backwash pump station building and general storage building within Sandy Loch Water Treatment Works
Scottish Water Sandy Loch Water Treatment Works Sandy Loch Drive Lerwick ZE1 OSR
Received 9 Dec 2019
Decided2019/028/WL
To install a new septic tank sea outfall pipe
Site Adjacent To Te Aroha, Soundside, Weisdale
Received 10 Dec 2019
Decided2019/348/LBC
To alter paintwork to shop front, install 2 no. external vents to external wall to provide ventilation for proposed kitchen facilities and to carry out internal alterations to form additional WC and corridor to form new kitchen area
97 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BD
Received 10 Dec 2019
Decided2019/349/PPF
Extension to front and rear with an attic conversion
Stebbs Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 11 Dec 2019
Decided2019/350/CAC
Complete Demolition of the former youth club Building
Westshore Boatyard Main Street Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XJ
Received 11 Dec 2019
Decided2019/351/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with attached garage and ASHP
Site East Of Clachmor House Cullister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 11 Dec 2019
Decided2019/352/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with integral garage and air source heat pump, extend existing access track to new parking and turning area
Plot Symbister Whalsay Shetland
Received 12 Dec 2019
Decided2019/353/PPF
Install a toilet and store room in the building and install a new cess pool buried to the north of the building
Shetland Aid Trust, Staney Hill Store, Staney Hill, Lerwick, Shetland.
Received 12 Dec 2019
Decided2019/354/TCA
Permission to cut down tree
17A Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA
Received 12 Dec 2019
Decided2019/355/PPF
Siting of larger GRP housing with additional subsea cables
Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 11 Dec 2019
Decided2019/356/PPF
Renovation and extension to derelict stone building and change of use of land for use under Class 9 - Houses
Plot Challister Brough Whalsay Shetland
Received 13 Dec 2019
Decided2019/357/PPF
Upgrade the existing electric vehicle charging point in the Bixter parking area from a fast charger to a rapid charger
Bixter Layby Shetland ZE2 9NN
Received 16 Dec 2019
Decided2019/358/VCON
Proposed variation of Condition 3 of Planning Permission 2018/331/PPF, to enable the developer to put forward proposal for either road improvement works to road B9082 Cullivoe Road including link road to Cullivoe Pier or proposal to transport material or plant to Cullivoe Pier by sea, both for construction phase of approved development
Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 6 Dec 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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