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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

10,223Searchable applications

136Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 8,097 approved or refused records

119Refused applications

7,978 approved · 119 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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

Decided2021/353/DCON2
Application to discharge condition 8 (CEMP) of application ref 2021/353/PPF
Plot Port Business Park Lerwick Shetland
Received 20 Jun 2022
Decided2022/173/PPF
Erect (5m x 5m) garden shed, extend hardstanding area to form base for shed foundation and footpath around shed perimeter
Grunna Voe Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 23 Jun 2022
Decided2022/174/PPF
Proposed new observation building
Fair Isle Landing Strip Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 24 Jun 2022
Decided2022/175/TCA
Tree 1 - Removal of tree and roots, Tree 2 - Removal of tree and roots
90 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0ES
Received 24 Jun 2022
Decided2022/176/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with attached garage, access road and air source heat pump
Plot At South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland
Received 28 Jun 2022
Decided2022/177/ADV
Advertisement consent: - Internal installation of new 1x 46" (Portrait) TV screen, depicting various Santander advertisements/promotions, within a metal shroud, floor standing unit.
66 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 29 Jun 2022
Decided2022/178/PPF
Upgrade access track & visibility at junction; demolish rear lean-to extension to dilapidated cottage & detached garage; restoration and extension of existing cottage; erection of new detached garage and installation of ASHP
Elvister Walls Shetland ZE2 9PD
Received 29 Jun 2022
Decided2022/179/PPF
Rebuild dwelling houses 136 to 143 Sandveien retaining existing domestic curtilages. Undertake alterations to porch to 135 Sandveien to facilitate rebuild or adjacent property. Demolish 2 domestic garages to provide safe access for construction works.
135 - 143 Sandveien Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RX
Received 29 Jun 2022
Decided2022/181/PPF
To erect a 9m x 9m (1 1/2 storey) domestic garage and change of use of land to create new access track / parking area
Banks Broo Brae Shetland ZE2 9QG
Received 30 Jun 2022
Decided2022/182/PPF
Install new and enlarged rooflights in rear elevation. Replace window on rear elevation and former door on front elevation. Replace felt covering on gable skews with lead. Install new astragals to windows and repaint windows white.
58 St Olaf Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 1 Jul 2022
Decided2021/355/DCON1
Application to discharge Condition 3 (Biosecurity Management Plan) and condition 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of Planning Application 2021/355/PPF
Lodge & Bird Observatory Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 30 Jun 2022
Decided2022/183/PPF
Gable and rear single storey extensions
9 Sanblister Place Scatness Virkie Shetland ZE3 9JX
Received 1 Jul 2022
Decided2021/353/DCON3
Application to discharge conditions 3 and 4 of application ref 2021/353/PPF
Plot Port Business Park Lerwick Shetland
Received 4 Jul 2022
Decided2022/184/ECUCON
Section 36C Variation Application
Beaw Field Wind Farm Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA
Received 8 Jul 2022
Decided2020/199/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 5 of planning application 2020/199/PPF
6 Saeter Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9BQ
Received 7 Jul 2022
Decided2022/185/PPF
Extend existing workshop premises to south east and south west - two story extension to south east, single story lean to extension to south west.
Tait Electronics (shetland) Ltd Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NA
Received 8 Jul 2022
Decided2022/186/PPF
Erect dwelling house with air source heat pump
Plot 1 Aisterlea Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB
Received 12 Jul 2022
Decided2022/187/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with air source heat pump
Plot 3 Aisterlea Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB
Received 12 Jul 2022
Decided2022/188/PPF
Erection of 9m 6kw wind turbine and associated cable
Verdahill Twatt Bixter Shetland ZE2 9LX
Received 12 Jul 2022
Pending Consideration2022/189/PPF
Erect 9m 6kw wind turbine with associated cable
Heugland Trondra Shetland ZE1 0XL
Received 14 Jul 2022
Decided2020/199/DCON2
Application to discharge condition 3 (surface water soakaway) of planning application 2020/199/PPF
6 Saeter Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9BQ
Received 12 Jul 2022
Decided2022/191/PPF
Erect 4no. 2-bedroom dwelling houses with air source heat pumps and access road
Plot 1 - 4 Kallibrig Weisdale Shetland
Received 15 Jul 2022
Decided2022/192/PPF
Single storey extension to existing dwellinghouse
Lud Quendale Shetland ZE2 9JD
Received 18 Jul 2022
Decided2022/193/PPF
Change of use from church into 5 bedroom private dwelling. Air Source Heat Pump, internal alterations, carry out repairs including painting exterior & works to roof
Hillswick Kirk Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 20 Jul 2022

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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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