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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
10,013Searchable applications
134Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 7,971 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

7,855 approved · 116 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2020/102/PPF

    Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump

    Plot Symbister Whalsay Shetland

    Received 16 Jun 2020
  2. Decided2020/103/PPF

    Erect domestic storage building

    Peerie Tingwall Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB

    Received 17 Jun 2020
  3. Decided2020/104/PPF

    Construct new single-storey, detached studio within the garden of existing dwelling house.

    Anchorage Bridge End Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD

    Received 17 Jun 2020
  4. Decided2020/105/PN

    Erect general purpose agricultural building, including hardstanding and access

    Dury Brettabister North Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PR

    Received 16 Jun 2020
  5. Decided2020/106/PPF

    Remove existing cement render to stone work of North elevation rake out joints and re-point

    7 Reform Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DQ

    Received 19 Jun 2020
  6. Decided2019/279/DCON1

    Application to discharge Conditions 5 (Scottish Water connection) of Planning Application 2019/279/PPF

    Land Adjacent To Hildisvik Muness Unst ZE2 9DL

    Received 19 Jun 2020
  7. Decided2020/107/PPF

    Demolition of existing entrance porch; erection of new garage and vestibule; erection of new external balcony from dining room; conversion of former ground floor games room and store to granny flat.

    4 Hillcrest Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ST

    Received 22 Jun 2020
  8. Decided2018/153/DCON2

    Application to discharge part 1 of condition 12 - (Ecological Clerk of Works) of Planning Application 2018/153/VCON

    Beaw Field Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA

    Received 23 Jun 2020
  9. Decided2020/109/PPF

    To create hardstanding area for the provision of bus/coach/driver car parking, site rest room with toilet, storage tanks (including fuel and add blue), bus wash bay & storage

    Nordavatn Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JF

    Received 22 Jun 2020
  10. Decided2019/079/DCON6

    Discharge of Condition 4 - Bird Protection Plan - 2019/079/PPF

    B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland

    Received 24 Jun 2020
  11. Decided2019/079/DCON7

    Discharge of Condition 14 - Recreational Management Plan - 2019/079/PPF

    B9075 Sandwater Road, Mainland, Shetland

    Received 24 Jun 2020
  12. Decided2019/188/DCON

    Discharge of Condition 9 -ECoW - Ecological Clerk of Works - Application 2019/188/PPF

    A970 East Of Sand Water At Northing: 1154902 Easting: 442088

    Received 24 Jun 2020
  13. Decided2019/188/DCON1

    Discharge of Condition 15 -ACoW - Archgeological Clerk of Works - Application 2019/188/PPF

    A970 East Of Sand Water At Northing: 1154902 Easting: 442088

    Received 24 Jun 2020
  14. Decided2019/188/DCON2

    Discharge of Condition 13 -WQMP -Water Quality Monitoring Plan - Application 2019/188/PPF

    A970 East Of Sand Water At Northing: 1154902 Easting: 442088

    Received 24 Jun 2020
  15. Decided2019/188/DCON3

    Discharge of Condition 11 - Habitat Management Plan - Application 2019/188/PPF

    A970 East Of Sand Water At Northing: 1154902 Easting: 442088

    Received 25 Jun 2020
  16. Decided2019/188/DCON4

    Discharge of Condition 22 - Decommissioning Plan - Application 2019/188/PPF

    A970 East Of Sand Water At Northing: 1154902 Easting: 442088

    Received 25 Jun 2020
  17. Decided2020/110/LBC

    Essential roof repair works including re-slating and replacing (6 No) rooflights (in retrospect)

    165 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EX

    Received 25 Jun 2020
  18. Decided2020/111/PPF

    Change of use and extend existing store to create a 1 bed residential unit (part retrospective)

    Leog House 2 Leog Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AH

    Received 26 Jun 2020
  19. Decided2020/113/PPF

    Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump

    Plot North Voxter Cunningsburgh Shetland

    Received 1 Jul 2020
  20. Decided2020/114/PPF

    Erect 2 No. extensions to existing dwelling house, internal layout alterations and extension of domestic curtilage and driveway

    Millview Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AG

    Received 1 Jul 2020
  21. Decided2020/115/PPF

    Change of use from church to dwellinghouse, erect entrance porch and install air source heat pump

    North Roe Church North Roe Shetland ZE2 9RY

    Received 1 Jul 2020
  22. Unknown2020/116/PN

    Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).

    Vaara Hillend Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ

    Received 1 Jul 2020
  23. Decided2020/117/PN

    Lean to extension to general purpose agricultural shed

    Hillwell Quendale Shetland ZE2 9JD

    Received 30 Jun 2020
  24. Decided2020/118/PN

    Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).

    Mossy Knowe Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AA

    Received 2 Jul 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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