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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

10,030Searchable applications

134Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,980 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

7,864 approved · 116 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Unknown2020/023/MAR
To temporarily store 10 x 120m-circumference cages (not to be used for production) within the current deployed grid mooring system at an existing salmon farm
Laxfirth Wadbister Shetland
Received 15 Sept 2020
Decided2020/187/PPF
Renewal of Planning Permission 2018/248/PPF to retain temporary 80M high tubular anemometry mast for a further 3 years
Hill Of Dale (Mossy Hill) Northing 1141819 Easting 443452
Received 21 Sept 2020
Decided2020/188/PPF
Proposed renovation of existing dwelling house including extension, and land change of use from agricultural to domestic garden ground
Telvenso Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 22 Sept 2020
Decided2018/232/DCON1
Discharge Condition 3 & 4 of Planning Application 2018/232/PPF
Linnbrae Upper Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RQ
Received 11 Sept 2020
Unknown2020/190/PN
Proposed extension and linking up of existing farm tracks to improve access to fields, tree plantations and hill areas
Kergord Farm Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LW
Received 22 Sept 2020
Decided2020/191/PPF
Provide workshop overspill car parking area to north of existing building
Shetland MOT & Repair Garage Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 24 Sept 2020
Decided2020/193/PPF
Extension to dwelling house
12 Montfield Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QB
Received 24 Sept 2020
Decided2020/194/PPF
Installation of an electric vehicle charge point in the car park of the Walls Health Centre.
Walls Health Centre Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 25 Sept 2020
Decided2020/195/ADV
A1 Landscape format interpretive board fixed to freestanding lectern style frame constructed from timber
Scalloway Civic Area And Waterfront Scalloway Shetland
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2020/196/ADV
A1 Landscape format interpretive board fixed to existing stone wall.
Fishermen's Garden Blacksness Scalloway Shetland
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2020/197/ADV
A1 Landscape format interpretive board fixed to freestanding lectern style frame. Constructed from timber. To be located in the Civic area adjacent to the Scalloway Youth Centre as part of new heritage trail. Information about the history of Scalloway's Gallow's Hill
Scalloway Civic Area Scalloway Shetland
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 11 (Habitat Management Plan) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON2
Application to discharge condition 9 (ECoW - Ecological Clerk of Works) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON3
Application to discharge condition 15 (ACoW Archaeological Clerk of Works) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON4
Application to discharge condition 14 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON5
Application to discharge condition 16 (Traffic Management Plan) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON6
Application to discharge condition 22 (Decommissioning Plan) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/210/DCON7
Application to discharge condition 10 (Peat Management Plan) of Planning Application 2019/210/PPF
Northing 1160349, Easting 441505
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2020/198/PPF
Extension to existing dwelling house
Berg En Dal East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 29 Sept 2020
Decided2019/339/DCON1
Application to discharge Condition 7 of Planning Application 2019/339/ADV (full detailed designs and construction details of the interpretative panels)
Scord Scalloway Shetland
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2019/333/DCON1
Application to discharge Condition 7 of Planning Application 2019/333/ADV (full detailed designs and construction details of the interpretative panels)
Fishermans Garden Blacksness Pier Scalloway Shetland
Received 28 Sept 2020
Decided2020/024/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
South Voe Of Gletness Nesting Shetland
Received 30 Sept 2020
Decided2020/199/PPF
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Saeter Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9BQ
Received 1 Oct 2020
Decided2020/200/PPF
Single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
13 Haldane Burgess Crescent Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HQ
Received 1 Oct 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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