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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
10,114Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,035 approved or refused records
117Refused applications

7,918 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2021/112/PPF

    Proposed new factory building for fish processing including parking facilities

    Muckle Yard Blacksness Pier Scalloway Shetland

    Received 22 Mar 2021
  2. Decided2021/114/PPF

    To upgrade existing access onto public road

    Murrister Junction Bridge Of Walls Shetland

    Received 24 Mar 2021
  3. Decided2021/115/PPF

    Proposed Commercial Display Area

    Hatals Self-storage Ltd Gott Tingwall Shetland

    Received 24 Mar 2021
  4. Decided2021/116/PPP

    Demolition of an existing derelict building and erect a dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)

    Land Adjoining Clickimin Loch South Road Lerwick Shetland

    Received 25 Mar 2021
  5. Decided2021/117/PPF

    Demolish existing porch and erect new extension

    Finisterre Scousburgh Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JE

    Received 25 Mar 2021
  6. Decided2021/118/PPF

    Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump and decking

    Plot 6 Aesterlea Cunningsburgh Shetland

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  7. Decided2021/119/PPF

    To erect a steel portal framed general purpose agricultural shed

    Fairview Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  8. Decided2021/120/PPF

    To make permanent temporary planning permission (2015/447/PPF) to site an unserviced wooden hut

    Mousa Shetland

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  9. Decided2021/018/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 2 of planning application 2021/018/LBC

    The Haa Gloup Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 22 Mar 2021
  10. Decided2021/121/PPF

    Conversion of part of workshop plus extension to form a one bedroom residential unit (retrospective)

    Stenswall West Tresta Bixter Shetland ZE2 9LW

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  11. Decided2021/122/PPF

    Demolish existing shed and erect garage

    Evansville Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  12. Decided2021/123/PPF

    Erect extension to dwellinghouse

    Montfield House Montfield Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QB

    Received 29 Mar 2021
  13. Decided2021/124/PPF

    Convert existing shed to artists studio/accommodation (ancillary to existing dwellinghouse) and change of use of agricultural land to domestic curtilage

    North Wart Bressay Shetland ZE2 9ER

    Received 29 Mar 2021
  14. Decided2021/125/PPF

    Change of use of land to a glamping site consisting of 3 no. glamping pods and a site maintenance building with associated road access, parking and wastewater drainage facilities

    Rerwick Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JF

    Received 30 Mar 2021
  15. Decided2021/126/PPF

    Form double doors through existing first floor window opening and form 3.5m x 2.5m balcony decking area

    25 Hillhead Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EJ

    Received 30 Mar 2021
  16. Decided2018/344/DCON5

    Request to Discharge Condition 8 - (Fence Details) of Planning Application 2018/344/PPF

    Utnabrake Upper Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UQ

    Received 28 Mar 2021
  17. Decided2021/127/PPF

    Change of use to a place of worship and community hub for New Life Shetland

    Former Science Block Old Anderson High School Gressay Loan Lerwick Shetland

    Received 31 Mar 2021
  18. Decided2021/128/TCA

    Remove sycamore tree

    14 Pitt Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DP

    Received 1 Apr 2021
  19. Decided2019/358/DCON8

    Discharge of Condition 18- Volume of Materials to be Excavated - Application - 2019/358/VCON

    Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD

    Received 29 Mar 2021
  20. Decided2021/129/PPF

    To construct new domestic shed and workshop ancillary to house

    Haavik Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP

    Received 2 Apr 2021
  21. Decided2021/130/PPF

    Demolish existing porch and lean-to and construct new porch and lean-to extension

    Mailland Uyeasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DL

    Received 5 Apr 2021
  22. Decided2021/131/PN

    erect agricultural shed for general use and storage of equipment

    Reidunn Mail Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HF

    Received 5 Apr 2021
  23. Decided2021/132/ADV

    Erect sign supported by 2 steel posts

    Village Sign To Go Along Fence On North Side Of Hoswick Bridge

    Received 6 Apr 2021
  24. Decided2021/133/PPF

    Erect dwellinghouse with double garage and air source heat pump and erect extension to existing workshop building

    North Of Midfield South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland

    Received 7 Apr 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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