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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

9,998Searchable applications

134Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,959 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,843 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2015/302/DCON3
To Discharge Conditions 11 - Pre Commencement Details - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON4
To Discharge Condition 10 - Archaeology Plan - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON5
To Discharge Condition 12 - Landscape Management Plan - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON6
To Discharge Condition 4 - Environmental Management Plan - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON2
To Discharge Condition 13 -Top soil, waste or spoil disposal - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decided2020/063/PPF
Extension to south elevation of existing dwellinghouse
7 Andrewston Brae Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RF
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decided2020/064/PPF
Proposed road widening on the main road route linking the Fair Isle Harbour at North Haven and the existing Water Treatment Works.
Unclassified road, Fair Isle, ZE2 9JU
Received 20 Mar 2020
Decided2020/065/PPP
2 No. proposed dwelling houses and access (Planning Permission in Principle)
2 Plots East Of Rocklea South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decided2018/335/DCON16
Discharge Condition 35 Outdoor Access Management Plan of application 2018/335/ECUCON
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 25 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON7
u To Discharge Conditions Condition 5 - ECOW - Environmental Clerk of Works - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 16 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON8
To Discharge Condition 6 - Traffic Management Plan - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 16 Mar 2020
Decided2015/302/DCON9
To Discharge Condition 7 - Road Survey - 2015/302/VCON
Upper Kergord Kergord Weisdale ZE2 9LW
Received 16 Mar 2020
Decided2020/011/WL
The installation of a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cable route across the sea floor, Weisdale Voe out to 12 Nautical Miles from the Shetland Islands
Weisdale Voe Shetland
Received 30 Mar 2020
Decided2019/363/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 5 of planning application 2019/363/PPF
Former Planticrub Greenhouse Site Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 27 Mar 2020
Decided2020/066/APN
Erect agricultural storage building
Quam Collafirth Voe Shetland ZE2 9PZ
Received 30 Mar 2020
Decided2020/012/MAR
To vary an existing salmon farm by removing existing black-coloured feed pipes connecting the feed barge to each cage and replacing with white-coloured pipes
Papa Little Swarbacks Minn Shetland
Received 1 Apr 2020
Decided2020/013/MPN
Application for Prior Notification under Class 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To relocate the existing 40m x 20m shed barge within the existing site area and to change its colour scheme
Cole Deep Swarbacks Minn Shetland
Received 9 Apr 2020
Unknown2020/014/MAR
Amendment to planning permission 2018/019/MAR - installation of 450m x 0.3m diameter underground water abstraction pipe in a modified route (retrospective)
Land/ Sea Adjacent To Easter Hogaland Burra
Received 7 Apr 2020
Decided2020/001/HESCON
Notification for Villians Crofthouse including outbuildings, LB44549 - Review of designation
Villians Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HF
Received 15 Apr 2020
Decided2020/068/PPF
Erect storey & 3/4 family dwelling-house with integral garage and air-source heat pump
Plot Catfirth South Nesting Shetland
Received 20 Apr 2020
Decided2020/015/MAR
To vary condition no. 5 of planning permission 2015/013/MAR to allow trial deployment of TAST acoustic deterrent devices at an existing salmon farm for one full production cycle
Swining 3 Swining Voe Delting
Received 20 Apr 2020
Decided2020/069/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with air source heat pump and detached shed
Seagrind Brough Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AL
Received 21 Apr 2020
Decided2020/070/PPF
Installation of 1no 0.6Mtr Dish Antenna, Installation of a 2No 0.6Mtr Dish Antenna, on an existing BT Radio Mast
Symbister Radio Station Whalsay Shetland
Received 23 Apr 2020
Decided2020/071/PPF
Installation of a single 0.6Mtr Dish Antenna, Installation of a 0.9Mtr Dish Antenna on an existing BT Radio Mast
Mid Yell BT Station Shetland
Received 23 Apr 2020

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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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