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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
10,004Searchable applications
134Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,965 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

7,849 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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. Decided2020/072/PPF

    Proposed extension to form medical storage and internal alterations to bedroom and en suite for tenant with disability.

    8 Gallowburn Brae Shetland ZE2 9SJ

    Received 23 Apr 2020
  2. Decided2020/073/PPF

    Change of use to land within Domestic curtilage (Retrospective), Demolish existing garage and erect new garage, erect single storey extension to existing dwelling house and erect polygrub

    Brabon Lochend North Roe Shetland ZE2 9RZ

    Received 23 Apr 2020
  3. Decided2020/074/PPF

    Change of use from business to domestic use to create addition living space for the Pier House

    Westside Shop Uyeasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DW

    Received 23 Apr 2020
  4. Decided2020/075/PPF

    Erect dwellinghouse with air source heat pump and garage

    Plot 2 Twatt Bixter Shetland

    Received 24 Apr 2020
  5. Decided2020/076/PPF

    Land change of use from agricultural to domestic garden ground

    Ocean View Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF

    Received 24 Apr 2020
  6. Decided2020/016/MPN

    Application for Prior Notification under Class 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To replace an existing feed barge with a feed barge of a different size, colour and design in the same location as the existing barge

    Belmont Unst Shetland

    Received 27 Apr 2020
  7. Decided2020/017/MPN

    Application for Prior Notification under Class 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To replace an existing feed barge with a feed barge of a different size, colour and design in the same location as the existing barge

    Vatsetter Yell Shetland

    Received 27 Apr 2020
  8. Decided2020/018/MPN

    Application for Prior Notification under Class 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To replace an existing feed barge with a feed barge of a different size, colour and design in a new location within the existing site area

    Stead Of Aithsness Swarbacks Minn Shetland

    Received 27 Apr 2020
  9. Unknown2020/019/MSS

    Screening & Scoping of modification of an existing salmon farm by altering mooring containment area, changing production equipment to ten 120m-circumference cages, increasing grid size and changing the existing feed barge position

    Setterness South Shetland

    Received 24 Apr 2020
  10. Decided2020/077/PPF

    Construction of a timber and concrete access ramp to the main entrance door

    5 Soldian Court Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QF

    Received 28 Apr 2020
  11. Decided2020/078/PPF

    New dwelling house with ASHP

    Plot 2 Mossy Knowe Symbister Whalsay Shetland

    Received 28 Apr 2020
  12. Decided2020/079/PPF

    Demolish existing entrance porch; erect new split-level extension with mezzanine floor; install ASHP and re-route access

    Bankfield Lower Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RN

    Received 29 Apr 2020
  13. Decided2019/363/DCON

    Discharge of Condition 4 - 2019/363/PPF

    Former Planticrub Greenhouse Site Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH

    Received 28 Apr 2020
  14. Decided2018/335/DCON17

    Application to discharge condition 8 (Borrow Pit Working Scheme) of Planning Application 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 4 May 2020
  15. Decided2018/335/DCON18

    Application to discharge Condition 10 (Construction Site Compounds and Laydown Areas) of Planning Application 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 4 May 2020
  16. Decided2020/080/PPF

    Proposed land change of use from agricultural to domestic garden ground

    Saltayre Aithsetter Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG

    Received 4 May 2020
  17. Decided2020/081/PPF

    The proposal is to remove the existing 6m mast and erect a 10m galvanised monopole with associated equipment

    West Yell Yell ZE2 9BG

    Received 7 May 2020
  18. Decided2020/082/PPF

    Erect a 10m galvanised monopole with associated equipment

    Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 7 May 2020
  19. Decided2020/083/PPF

    Erect a 10m galvanised monopole with associated equipment

    Near A968 Unst Shetland

    Received 8 May 2020
  20. Decided2020/084/PPF

    Erect polycrub and install vehicle charging point

    The Manse Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW

    Received 11 May 2020
  21. Decided2020/085/LBC

    Install vehicle charging point

    The Manse Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HW

    Received 11 May 2020
  22. Decided2020/086/PPF

    New 14m tower to be erected and existing rooftop antennas on the Telephone Exchange (extension) is to be transferred to the new tower

    12A Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AN

    Received 11 May 2020
  23. Decided2019/102/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 5 of Planning Application 2019/102/PPF

    Serinsten Fogralea Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SE

    Received 11 May 2020
  24. Decided2020/087/PPF

    Change of use of part of existing dwellinghouse and erect extension to create Class 3 Pizzeria with associated parking and septic tank (Retrospective application)

    Parkgate Brae Shetland ZE2 9QS

    Received 12 May 2020

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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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