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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
10,165Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,067 approved or refused records
117Refused applications

7,950 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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. Decided2018/335/DCON36

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

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 23 Aug 2021
  2. Decided2021/265/PPF

    Change of use of land and erect detached domestic garage building

    Doonaboots Papil Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD

    Received 27 Aug 2021
  3. Decided2021/266/ADV

    Two adjacent wooden monoliths with orientation signage.

    Entrance To Hermaness National Nature Reserve Unst Shetland

    Received 27 Aug 2021
  4. Decided2021/267/ADV

    Erect vertical wooden 'monolith'.

    Hermaness NNR / Shore Station Road Junction Unst Shetland

    Received 27 Aug 2021
  5. Unknown2021/020/MPN

    Application for prior notification under classes 21A, 21B and 21C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): Replacement of 6 x 100m-circumference cages with 4 x 120m-circumference cages, replacement/repositioning of the feed barge and to change top net system from 'hamster wheels' to pole-supported top nets

    Lippie Geo Clift Sound Shetland

    Received 27 Aug 2021
  6. Decided2021/268/PPF

    Siting and installation of two satellite antennae, two banks of solar panels and associated equipment compounds (part retrospective)

    Land At Baltasound Airfield Unst Shetland

    Received 30 Aug 2021
  7. Decided2021/270/PPF

    Remove existing slate roof and replace with new structure and sheet covering

    Old Byre Opposite Quendale Mill Hillwell Quendale Shetland ZE2 9JD

    Received 31 Aug 2021
  8. Decided2021/271/LBC

    Proposal is to remove roof structure and replace with new roof structure and profiled sheet covering

    Old Byre Opposite Quendale Mill Hillwell Quendale Shetland ZE2 9JD

    Received 31 Aug 2021
  9. Decided2021/272/PPF

    To demolish existing croft house and erect new dwelling house with air source heat pump on the same site

    Buddabrake Burrafirth Unst Shetland ZE2 9EQ

    Received 2 Sept 2021
  10. Decided2021/273/PPF

    Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump

    Plot West Of Parkhead Isbister Whalsay Shetland

    Received 7 Sept 2021
  11. Decided2021/274/PPF

    New foul water treatment plant to be installed, connecting into existing sea discharge. Plant to be buried below new drying area including small blockwork gravity retaining wall. Existing small shed to be demolished.

    2 Virkie Cottages Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JS

    Received 7 Sept 2021
  12. Decided2021/275/PPF

    Single storey extension with associated internal alterations and ASHP

    Montalembert Scousburgh Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JE

    Received 8 Sept 2021
  13. Decided2021/276/PPF

    Change of use of land from agriculture, and formation of car parking area

    Plantiecrub Garden Centre Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH

    Received 10 Sept 2021
  14. Decided2021/277/PA

    Create farm track between Setter and Muckle Scord

    Track Between Setter And Muckle Scord

    Received 9 Sept 2021
  15. Decided2021/278/PPF

    Planning permission being sought to extend existing planning permission 2016/140/PPF for the existing Park Lane Community Garden which expires on 13th March 2022 for further 5 years

    Park Lane Community Garden Lerwick Shetland

    Received 10 Sept 2021
  16. Decided2021/279/PPF

    Installation of a fibre optic telecommunications cable from the mean low water mark to roadside, via a beach manhole

    North Haven Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU

    Received 10 Sept 2021
  17. Decided2021/280/PPF

    Demolish existing car port and construct single storey garage extension to domestic property

    26 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DJ

    Received 10 Sept 2021
  18. Decided2021/281/CAC

    Demolition in a conservation area of car port

    26 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DJ

    Received 10 Sept 2021
  19. Decided2021/282/PPF

    Erect storage building: 9m x 5m wide x 3m to eaves

    Final Checkout Hagdale Industrial Estate Baltasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9TW

    Received 13 Sept 2021
  20. Decided2021/283/CLUP

    To erect a shed/garage to store a large caravan off road. Proposal will require a gravel access track onto the existing Estate roads.

    Adjacent 32 Setters Hill Estate Baltasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DU

    Received 13 Sept 2021
  21. Decided2020/289/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 5 (disposal of spoil or waste materials) of Planning Application 2020/289/PPF

    Ronas Voe Northmavine Heylor Shetland ZE2 9RL

    Received 14 Sept 2021
  22. Unknown2021/284/PN

    Erect agricultural building

    Freister Croft Roonies Gletness South Nesting

    Received 15 Sept 2021
  23. Decided2018/335/DCON37

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

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 15 Sept 2021
  24. Decided2018/335/DCON38

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

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 15 Sept 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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