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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

10,217Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 8,096 approved or refused records

119Refused applications

7,977 approved · 119 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning and Building Local plan Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation Areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiries01595744293 Council source

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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

Decided2022/101/PPF
Proposed level access ramp
13 Mounthooly Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BL
Received 8 Apr 2022
Decided2022/105/PPF
To temporary site wooden clad chalet
Plot North Of Kenwood Gord Road Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 12 Apr 2022
Unknown2022/106/PN
Erect agricultural building
Fladdabister Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9FN
Received 13 Apr 2022
Unknown2022/107/PN
Erect agricultural shed
Blosta Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HG
Received 13 Apr 2022
Unknown2022/108/SCO
Scoping Opinion on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to upgrade the existing harbour
Harbour At North Haven Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 12 Apr 2022
Decided2021/205/DCON1
Application to discharge Planning Condition 3 (details of the surface water drainage) of planning application 2021/205/PPF
Laybrak Leebitten Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HP
Received 15 Apr 2022
Decided2021/356/DCON1
To discharge planning conditions 3 to 10 of planning application 2021/356/PPF
Viewforth 13 Burgh Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LA
Received 12 Apr 2022
Decided2022/109/PPF
Erect dwelling house with attached garage and heat pump
Plot 7 Sundibanks East Voe Scalloway Shetland
Received 15 Apr 2022
Unknown2022/110/PN
Erect agricultural shed
Gossamedow Foula Shetland
Received 15 Apr 2022
Decided2022/111/PPF
Change of use, conversion and extension of existing shed to form a new dwelling
Roadside East Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 19 Apr 2022
Decided2022/015/WL
To vary existing Works Licence 2018/021/WL of a tidal array by extending the expiry date by 1 year.
Bluemull Sound Cullivoe
Received 21 Apr 2022
Decided2022/112/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with decking and air source heat pump
Plot At Greenfield Haroldswick Unst Shetland ZE2 9ED
Received 21 Apr 2022
Decided2022/113/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with attached garage, decking and air source heat pump
Plot 3 Scatness Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JW
Received 22 Apr 2022
Decided2022/114/PPF
To extend existing dwelling house, create layby car parking and carry out landscaping works to garden
Okolnir Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 25 Apr 2022
Decided2022/115/PPF
Erect 1 & 3/4 storey dwellinghouse with integral garage, ASHP & future external store/workshop
New site in Newpark, Brough, Whalsay, Shetland
Received 25 Apr 2022
Decided2022/016/MPN
Application for prior notification under classes 21A and 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): Replacement of 12 x 90m-circumference cages with 7 x 120m-circumference cages and the replacement and repositioning of the feed barge
West Of Burwick Scalloway Shetland
Received 26 Apr 2022
Decided2022/116/PPF
Single storey gable extension
19 Hulsidale Hamnavoe Burra Shetland ZE2 9LF
Received 26 Apr 2022
Decided2021/351/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 3 (details of proposed fire door) of Listed Building Consent Ref 2021/351/LBC
Lerwick Post Office Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AA
Received 26 Apr 2022
Decided2022/117/PPF
Installation of timber access ramp with concrete base plate and timber handrails
Muckleure House B Crookataing Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 27 Apr 2022
Decided2018/335/DCON42
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 25 (Ornithological Report)
Central Mainland Shetland
Received 26 Apr 2022
Decided2022/118/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with workshop and air source heat pump
Plot 10 Culsetter Park Brae Shetland ZE2 9WL
Received 27 Apr 2022
Decided2022/120/PPF
Proposed new extension to existing shed
SEM Shetland Gremista Industrial Estate Lerwick Shetland
Received 29 Apr 2022
Decided2022/123/ECUCON
Consultation in relation to a full S37 Application for installation of 23000 metres of 132kV overhead line supported on wood poles
Kergord To Gremista
Received 29 Apr 2022
Decided2022/125/PPP
Erect 2 dwellinghouses (Planning Permission in Principle)
Plots Pettifirth Bressay Shetland ZE2 9ES
Received 4 May 2022

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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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