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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
10,182Searchable applications
135Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 8,080 approved or refused records
117Refused applications

7,963 approved · 117 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/DCON40

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

    Central Mainland Shetland

    Received 4 Oct 2021
  2. Decided2021/301/PPF

    Erect dwellinghouse with garage, decking and air source heat pump

    Plot 15 Culsetter Park Brae Shetland ZE2 9WL

    Received 5 Oct 2021
  3. Decided2021/302/S37SIM

    Retrospective Consent for existing line subject to Section 37 consent - 11kV overhead supported by wooden poles

    Between HU38584376 And HU38534379 South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL

    Received 5 Oct 2021
  4. Decided2019/024/DCON3

    Discharge of Condition 9 (Site Walkover Otters) of Application 2019/024/PPF

    North Hoo Fields Gremista Lerwick Shetland

    Received 7 Oct 2021
  5. Decided2019/024/DCON4

    Discharge of Condition 10 (Site Walkover Bird Activity) of Application 2019/024/PPF

    North Hoo Fields Gremista Lerwick Shetland

    Received 7 Oct 2021
  6. Decided2021/303/PPF

    Permanent alteration of pedestrian gateway to vehicular width, adjust location of site consumer unit. Temporary placement of mess unit cabin for masons undertaking castle conservation works (5 yrs), intermittent siting of skip and temporary road surfaces

    Scalloway Castle Castle Street Scalloway Shetland

    Received 8 Oct 2021
  7. Decided2018/235/DCON1

    Application to discharge planning conditions 3, 4, 5 and 6 of planning application ref 2018/235/PPF

    Vacant Plot North Road/Staney Hill Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PR

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  8. Decided2021/304/PPF

    Erect 6m high flag pole

    57 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ER

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  9. Decided2021/305/SCR

    Screening request for Kergord to Gremista 132kV Overhead Line Works

    Kergord To Gremista Shetland

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  10. Decided2021/306/SCR

    Screening request for Kergord to Yell 132 kV overhead line works

    Mainland Shetland

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  11. Decided2021/307/S37SIM

    Proposed Erection Of 1 x New 4 Span EHV 33kv Overhead Line off P265 on the existing Line Near Kergord Farm, As Part Of The Works Proposed For The Connection of the Viking Energy Windfarm at Kergord Farm, Weisdale, Shetland, ZE2 9LP

    Kergord Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LP

    Received 13 Oct 2021
  12. Decided2021/023/MAR

    Modification of an existing salmon farm by changing production equipment to six 120m-circumference cages, increasing grid size, changing moorings, changing feed barge & position and deploying a pole mounted top net system.

    Holms Geo Cliftsound Shetland

    Received 15 Oct 2021
  13. Decided2021/308/CLUP

    It is proposed that areas of the house and garden will be used to provide 'doggy day care' services (up to 3 dogs) and home dog boarding services (up to 3 dogs). The services will comprise accommodating the dogs within the house (living room and kitchen areas) and within a small proportion of the garden at the rear (west) of the house for short periods generally around feeding times.

    5 Hillside Gulberwick Shetland ZE2 9JX

    Received 18 Oct 2021
  14. Unknown2021/309/PN

    Erect polycrub

    Setter Stromfirth Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LH

    Received 19 Oct 2021
  15. Unknown2021/310/PN

    Erect general purpuse agricultural shed

    North Lea Croft Vidlin Shetland

    Received 21 Oct 2021
  16. Unknown2021/311/PN

    Erect general purpose croft storage building

    Asta Tingwall Shetland ZE1 0UQ

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  17. Decided2021/312/PPF

    Erect extension to dwellinghouse

    Isslemere Hamnavoe Shetland ZE2 9JY

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  18. Decided2021/313/PPF

    Retrospective application for temporary storage of fish farming pipes (to be later recycled) and additional containers for storage and site office.

    Former Planticrub Greenhouse Site At Tingwall Shetland

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  19. Decided2021/314/PPF

    To erect dwelling house with garage, decking and air source heat pump

    8 Camp Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  20. Decided2021/315/ADV

    Advertisement signs (retrospective application)

    Former Planticrub Greenhouse Site At Tingwall, Shetland, Near To Tingwall Airport.

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  21. Decided2020/034/DCON1

    Application to discharge condition 9 (Traffic Management Plan) of Planning Application 2020/034/PPF

    Asta Tingwall Shetland

    Received 22 Oct 2021
  22. Decided2020/034/DCON2

    Application to discharge condition 10 (Cycle Parking) of Planning Application 2020/034/PPF

    Asta Tingwall Shetland

    Received 22 Oct 2021
  23. Decided2020/034/DCON3

    Application to discharge condition 12 (Monitoring Methodology for Nutrient Levels) of Planning Application 2020/034/PPF

    Asta Tingwall Shetland

    Received 22 Oct 2021
  24. Decided2020/034/DCON4

    Application to discharge condition 19 (Topsoil, Spoil and Waste Materials) of Planning Application 2020/034/PPF

    Asta Tingwall Shetland

    Received 22 Oct 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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