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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
10,136Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,048 approved or refused records
117Refused applications

7,931 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2018/186/DCON2

    Discharge of Condition 15 (1) - Terms of Appointment for a Planning Monitoring Officer - Planning Application 2018/186/PPF Mossy Hill Wind Farm

    The Grid Reference Is The Approximate Centre Of The Site For Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Centre Of The Site Is Located Approximately 2.4km From Outskirts Of Lerwick And Approximately 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.

    Received 7 May 2021
  2. Decided2018/186/DCON3

    Discharge of Condition 18 (1) - Terms of Appointment for an Ecological Clerk of Works - Planning Application 2018/186/PPF Mossy Hill Wind Farm

    The Grid Reference Is The Approximate Centre Of The Site For Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Centre Of The Site Is Located Approximately 2.4km From Outskirts Of Lerwick And Approximately 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.

    Received 7 May 2021
  3. Decided2018/186/DCON4

    Discharge of Condition 27 (1) - Terms of Appointment for an Archaeological Clerk of Works - Planning Application 2018/186/PPF Mossy Hill Wind Farm

    The Grid Reference Is The Approximate Centre Of The Site For Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Centre Of The Site Is Located Approximately 2.4km From Outskirts Of Lerwick And Approximately 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.

    Received 7 May 2021
  4. Decided2021/169/PPF

    Erect extension at the west gable of the existing dwelling house

    Westcliffe Catfirth South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP

    Received 10 May 2021
  5. Decided2021/170/PPF

    To construct multi-use shed and utility building for sole use ancillary to the dwelling house

    Tananger Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SE

    Received 10 May 2021
  6. Decided2021/171/PPF

    Erect new dwelling house with access and air source heat pump

    Plot West Of 'Norfjell' Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AL

    Received 11 May 2021
  7. Decided2021/172/PPF

    Form altered access to serve new house and existing cottage; erect dwelling house with air-source heat pump and attached garage; erect separate garage/workshop adjacent house

    Fern Cottage East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 11 May 2021
  8. Decided2018/186/DCON5

    Discharge of Condition 7 Scatsta Airport Aviation Mitigation of planning application 2018/186/PPF

    The Grid Reference Is The Approximate Centre Of The Site For Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Centre Of The Site Is Located Approximately 2.4km From Outskirts Of Lerwick And Approximately 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.

    Received 10 May 2021
  9. Unknown2021/012/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 and design at the same location within the existing site area, North Voe, Whalsay

    North Voe Whalsay Shetland

    Received 12 May 2021
  10. Decided2021/174/PPF

    Use of land for Community Growing Project purposes, and erection of 4 no. polycrubs.

    Adjacent Stakkafletts Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ

    Received 31 Mar 2021
  11. Unknown2020/179/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 3 (Otter Survey) of planning application 2020/179/PPF

    Cullivoe Business Park Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 12 May 2021
  12. Decided2020/179/DCON2

    Application to discharge condition 5 (plan showing shallow landscaped rises to retain and slow down surface water) of planning application 2020/179/PPF

    Cullivoe Business Park Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 12 May 2021
  13. Decided2020/179/DCON3

    Application to discharge condition 4 (Ecological Monitoring Plan) of planning application 2020/179/PPF

    Cullivoe Business Park Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 12 May 2021
  14. Decided2020/297/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 8 (surface water drainage details) of planning application 2020/297/PPF

    Plot Swinister Sandwick Shetland

    Received 14 May 2021
  15. Decided2020/152/DCON2

    Application to discharge conditions 4 (surface water drainage) of Planning Permission 2020/152/PPF

    Garage 1 Holmsgarth Road Lerwick Shetland

    Received 13 May 2021
  16. Decided2020/179/DCON4

    Application to discharge condition 2 (Notice of Initiation of Development) of planning permission 2020/179/PPF

    Cullivoe Business Park Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 12 May 2021
  17. Decided2021/175/PPF

    Proposed new roof, install air source heat pump and new windows

    45 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN

    Received 17 May 2021
  18. Decided2021/176/PPF

    Change of use of 2 semi detached dwellings to a house of multiple occupation and carry out internal and external alterations

    North Police House Market Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JN

    Received 18 May 2021
  19. Decided2021/177/PPF

    To create a new access road

    Scarvataing Aith Shetland ZE2 9NE

    Received 18 May 2021
  20. Decided2021/178/PPF

    Erect front porch

    13-15 St Sunniva Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HL

    Received 18 May 2021
  21. Decided2018/153/DCON4

    Application to discharge part 1 of Condition 18 (Habitat Management Plan) of planning application 2018/153/VCON

    Beaw Field Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA

    Received 19 May 2021
  22. Decided2021/013/MAR

    Modification of an existing salmon farm by altering mooring containment area, changing production equipment to twelve 120m-circumference cages, increasing grid size and changing the existing feed barge position

    Easter Score Holm Scalloway Shetland

    Received 20 May 2021
  23. Decided2021/179/PPP

    Planning Permission in Principle for 5 new house sites

    Land Adjacent Seagrind East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US

    Received 21 May 2021
  24. Decided2021/180/PPF

    Erect garden studio

    Hildasay 12 Sands Of Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SZ

    Received 24 May 2021

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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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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