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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
10,108Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,031 approved or refused records
117Refused applications

7,914 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Decided2021/096/PPF

    Demolish existing entrance porch; erect new porch on gable of house; erect single-storey bedroom extension on site of existing porch.

    17 Braefield Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SS

    Received 10 Mar 2021
  2. Decided2018/319/DCON1

    Discharge condition 11 of planning application 2018/319/PPF (location of planters)

    Houlland Sandwick Shetland

    Received 9 Mar 2021
  3. Decided2018/319/DCON2

    Discharge condition 12 of planning application 2018/319/PPF (Detailed Plan of Gateway)

    Development Houlland Lea Sandwick Shetland

    Received 9 Mar 2021
  4. Decided2018/319/DCON3

    Discharge condition 9 of planning application 2018/319/PPF (Fencing/boundary enclosures)

    Development Houlland Lea Sandwick Shetland

    Received 9 Mar 2021
  5. Decided2018/319/DCON4

    Discharge condition 10 of planning application 2018/319/PPF (street lighting)

    Development Houlland Lea Sandwick Shetland

    Received 9 Mar 2021
  6. Decided2021/097/LBC

    Erect a new plinth and move the war memorial plaque from the existing poor condition surround to the new plinth

    Quarff Cemetery Quarff Shetland ZE2 9EY

    Received 10 Mar 2021
  7. Unknown2021/098/PN

    Erect general purpose agricultural shed

    Burns Foula Shetland ZE2 9PN

    Received 11 Mar 2021
  8. Decided2021/100/PN

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

    Noss Farm Scousburgh DUNROSSNESS ZE2 9JE

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  9. Decided2021/101/PPF

    Retrospective Application to site a 44kW electric vehicle charge point to serve two parking spaces, one of them a disabled parking space. installation includes a mini-pillar to house the SSEN cutout, electricity supply meter etc.

    Church Road Lerwick

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  10. Decided2020/224/DCON

    Discharge Condition 3 - Road Condition Survey - 2020/224/PPF

    Plot Dunrossness Shetland

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  11. Decided2021/102/PPF

    To change the use of an agricultural shed to an engineering workshop (retrospective)

    Shed/Workshop Papil Burra Shetland

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  12. Decided2020/224/DCON1

    Discharge Condition 10- Archaeological Method Statement- 2020/224/PPF

    Plot Dunrossness Shetland

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  13. Decided2021/103/PPF

    Construction of new dwelling with ASHP and associated landscaping

    Plot North Califf Gott Tingwall Shetland

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  14. Decided2021/104/PPF

    Demolish existing external wall in link area; erect new single-storey dining room.

    Westvale Brae Shetland ZE2 9QG

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  15. Decided2021/105/PPF

    Proposed convenience store building (Class 1 Retail) with associated parking,service yard, pedestrian footpaths and drainage infrastructure.

    Plot East Voe Scalloway Shetland

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  16. Decided2021/106/PPF

    Proposed convenience store building with associated parking, service yard, footpaths and drainage infrastructure.

    Plot Stove Sandwick Shetland

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  17. Decided2021/107/LBC

    Convert existing Former Church to Dwelling house. Undertake internal alterations and erect rear single storey extension as part of conversion to dwelling house.

    Church Of Scotland Brettabister North Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PR

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  18. Decided2021/108/PPF

    Change of use of former church to dwelling house. Undertake alterations and erect single storey rear extension. Change of use of surround land to within domestic curtilage.

    Former Nesting Church Brettabister North Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PR

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  19. Decided2021/109/PA

    Prior Approval for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential) in relation to Prior Notification 2021/061/PN

    Swinister, Sandwick

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  20. Decided2021/110/PPF

    New dwelling house with ASHP

    Plot West Of Annsbrae, East Burra Shetland

    Received 18 Mar 2021
  21. Decided2018/344/DCON3

    Request to Discharge Condition 3 - (Fence Details) of Planning Application 2018/344/PPF

    Utnabrake Upper Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UQ

    Received 18 Mar 2021
  22. Decided2018/344/DCON4

    Request to Discharge Condition 7, 9 and 10 - (CEMP) Construction Environment Management Plan of Planning Application 2018/344/PPF

    Utnabrake Upper Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UQ

    Received 18 Mar 2021
  23. Decided2021/111/PPF

    To extend Voe Public Hall to create storage and wc.

    Voe Public Hall Isles Road Voe Shetland ZE2 9PT

    Received 22 Mar 2021
  24. Decided2018/335/DCON28

    Application to discharge Condition 16 -Deviations from Micrositing of Planning Permission Array L - 2018/335/ECUCON

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 18 Mar 2021

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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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