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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

10,005Searchable applications

134Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,966 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,850 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2020/088/AMSC
Application for Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 2 parts 1,2,3 and 4 of permission 2018/216/PPP for new dwellinghouse with access track, parking / turning area and air-source heat pump.
Plot Houss Bridge End BURRA Shetland
Received 13 May 2020
Decided2018/096/DCON13
Application to discharge Condition 19 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 14 May 2020
Decided2020/089/PPF
Reduce the height of a section of existing dry-stone wall to be max 900mm high from road surface to provide the required visibility splay to the south of the existing junction with the main road.
Bankfield Lower Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RN
Received 18 May 2020
Decided2018/153/DCON1
Application to discharge part 1 of Condition 20 of Planning Application 2018/153/VCON
Beaw Field Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA
Received 18 May 2020
Decided2020/090/PPF
Installation of Above Ground Section of Water Main to Cross Watercourse
Burn of Trondavoe, West of B9076 Road at Trondavoe, North-East of Brae, Shetland Isles
Received 18 May 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON
Discharge of Condition 11 Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) - 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland
Received 27 May 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON1
Discharge of Condition 13 Water Quality Monitoring Plan (WQMP) 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland
Received 28 May 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON2
Discharge of Condition 16 Archaeological Clerk of Works (ACoW) - 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland
Received 28 May 2020
Decided2020/091/PPF
Alter existing layout and erect proposed extensions to the south and west elevations, create new access track and the demolition of an existing outbuilding and the construction of a new shed / workshop space
Beachvue Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NA
Received 1 Jun 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON3
Discharge of Condition 15, Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation of Planning Permission 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road Mainland Shetland
Received 2 Jun 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON4
Discharge of Condition 10 (Peat Management Plan) of Planning Permission 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road Mainland Shetland
Received 2 Jun 2020
Decided2018/335/DCON19
Application to discharge Condition 36 (Peat Management Plan) of Planning Application 2018/335/ECUCON
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 2 Jun 2020
Decided2020/092/TCA
Request to remove two trees
Leagarth 3 Clairmont Place Lerwick Shetland
Received 3 Jun 2020
Decided2020/093/PPF
Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump
Plot 2 Ocraquoy Fladdabister Shetland
Received 5 Jun 2020
Decided2020/094/PPF
Site a static caravan for a temporary period of 5 years, development of existing access and further construction of a road, parking and turning area.
Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HF
Received 8 Jun 2020
Decided2020/096/PPF
Demolish existing old house (used as agricultural store) and shed and erect new steel frames agricultural shed
Sanshoull Croft, Isbister, Whalsay ZE2 9AJ
Received 9 Jun 2020
Decided2018/186/DCON
Discharge of Condition 10 - Aviation Lighting of Planning Application 2018/186/PPF Mossy Hill Wind Farm
The Grid Reference Is The Approximate Centre Of The Site For Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Centre Of The Site Is Located Approximately 2.4km From Outskirts Of Lerwick And Approximately 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 6 Jun 2020
Decided2020/030/DCON
Discharge of Condition 6 - Biosecurity Management Plan - 2020/030/PPF
Land Adjacent To Roadside, Fair Isle, Shetland.
Received 9 Jun 2020
Decided2020/097/PPF
Proposed development of 4 single storey houses with ASHP, associated access, driveway and drainage arrangements
Development Plot Walls Shetland
Received 9 Jun 2020
Decided2020/098/PPF
Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump
House Plot Swinister Sandwick Shetland
Received 10 Jun 2020
Decided2020/099/PPF
Erect building to house home gym equipment, hot tub and sauna and change use of land from rough grazing to garden grounds
Toralea Bridge End Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD
Received 10 Jun 2020
Decided2018/335/DCON20
Application to discharge Condition 28 (Road Cleaning/Sweeping) of Planning Application 2018/335/ECUCON
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decided2019/079/DCON5
Discharge of Condition 17 (Temporary Parking Provision) of Planning Permission 2019/079/PPF
B9075 Sandwater Road Mainland Shetland
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decided2020/020/MPN
Application for Prior Notification under Class 21C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To replace existing top nets and supports with top nets and supports of a different size and design
Stead Of Aithness Swarbacks Minn Shetland
Received 15 Jun 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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