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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 dates10,125Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,044 approved or refused records
117Refused applications
7,927 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Pre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01595744293Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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
- Decided2021/154/PN
Erect general purpose agricultural shed
Flett Shed Setter Voe Shetland ZE2 9PX
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/155/PPF
Paint the existing wood work, coloured brown, and cement work and window surrounds, coloured white, with like for like paint
7 & 9 Charlotte Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JL
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/156/PPF
Erect new dwellinghouse with decking
Plot 2 Aisterlea Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/157/PPF
Replace hard landscaping around Scalloway Public Hall. Improve parking arrangement and disabled access. Install new bus shelter on Berry Road.
Scalloway Public Hall Berry Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UJ
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/158/TCA
Sycamore trees 1, 2, 6 & 7 branches to be trimmed back, sycamore tree 4 branches require trimming or possible removal
49 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/159/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (planning permission in principle)
Plot At Ellister Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JF
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided2018/335/DCON30
Application to discharge Condition 16 -Deviations from Micrositing of Planning Permission Array M - 2018/335/ECUCON
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/160/PPF
Partial change of use from Class 4 to create 55sq/m of retail space/butcher shop within existing unit
Ses El & Mec Services Oversund Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SD
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Unknown2021/161/PN
Erect general purpose agricultural shed
Caldback, Unst, Shetland
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/011/MSS
To change an existing marine fish farm from 12 x 90m-circumference cages in a 50m grid to 10 x 120m-circumference cages in a 100m grid, to retain feed barge in a new position, re-orientate site, increase planning boundary, and increase maximum biomass from 1,922.6 tonnes to 3,438.2 tonnes
West Of Burwick Scalloway
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided2020/152/DCON1
Application to discharge conditions 3 of Planning Permission 2020/152/PPF
Garage 1 Holmsgarth Road Lerwick Shetland
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decided2017/383/DCON1
Discharge Conditions 3 (Working Hours) 4 (Contractors Working Arear) & 6 (Material Schedule) of Planning Consent 2017/383/PPF
72 North Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NT
Received 29 Apr 2021 - Decided2021/162/PPF
Erect general purpose shed
Da Wirlie Wirliegert Aith Shetland ZE2 9NW
Received 3 May 2021 - Decided2021/163/PPF
Proposed refurbishment of external walls and replacement windows
72A Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 3 May 2021 - Decided2018/358/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 3 (bird breeding survey) of planning application 2018/258/PPF
Hermaness National Nature Reserve Unst Shetland
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decided2020/207/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 4 (details of any external lighting to be constructed within the car park) of planning application 2020/207/PPF
Marine Park Ltd. Marine Park Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 4 May 2021 - Decided2021/164/LBC
Replace cast iron guttering with aluminium guttering, install new lead flashing and repair render on walls
The Haa Tangwick Eshaness Shetland ZE2 9RS
Received 4 May 2021 - Decided2021/166/PPF
To construct temporary site access from public road onto permitted development corridor
Cott Road Lower (east) Weisdale
Received 5 May 2021 - Decided2021/015/DCON
To Discharge Condition 2 - Notification of Initiation of Development of 2021/015/VCON
Near Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 6 May 2021 - Unknown2021/015/DCON1
To Discharge Condition 6 - Otter Licence - 2021/015/VCON
Near Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 6 May 2021 - Unknown2021/015/DCON2
To Discharge Condition 7 - Otter Survey - 2021/015/VCON
Near Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 6 May 2021 - Decided2019/294/DCON
To Discharge Conditions 3 - Working Hours and Condition 12- Working Area - 2019/294/PPF
Phase 2 - Plot Wista Lerwick Shetland
Received 3 May 2021 - Decided2021/167/PPF
Land change of use from agricultural to domestic and erect extension to dwellinghouse
Fitful Lunabister Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JH
Received 7 May 2021 - Decided2021/168/LBC
Repair existing railings and install new cast iron gate, paint railings install timber screen fence and resurface hard landscaping
Scalloway Public Hall Berry Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UJ
Received 7 May 2021
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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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