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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

10,226Searchable applications

136Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 8,100 approved or refused records

119Refused applications

7,981 approved · 119 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2022/194/LBC
Convert existing church into private dwelling house, install ASHP, carry out internal modifications, repairs. Replace windows, paint exterior and works to roof
Hillswick Kirk Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW
Received 20 Jul 2022
Decided2022/196/PN
Peatland restoration
Lumbister Reserve Yell Shetland
Received 20 Jul 2022
Decided2022/197/PPF
Demolish existing bay window to kitchen / dining room; erect sun-room extension
Linnafield Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 22 Jul 2022
Decided2021/148/DCON1
Application to discharge condition 9 (surface water attenuation chamber details)
Plot 2 Stove Sandwick Shetland
Received 25 Jul 2022
Decided2022/198/PPF
Erect single storey domestic property with air source heat pump
Plot Wadbister Shetland ZE2 9SQ
Received 25 Jul 2022
Decided2022/199/PN
Erect polycrub
3 Effstigarth Herra Yell Shetland ZE2 9BL
Received 22 Jul 2022
Decided2022/200/PPF
Extension to property by adding an additional bedroom to the Southern elevation.
Ostvag East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 27 Jul 2022
Decided2022/201/TCA
Sycamore - Remove branches
8 Stouts Court Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AF
Received 27 Jul 2022
Decided2022/202/PN
Peatland restoration
Slaggen Hill And Smirlee Hill Apportionments Tresta Shetland
Received 26 Jul 2022
Pending Consideration2022/203/PPF
Landscaping and land improvement works ; material recycling and bulk storage
Hill of Hoswick, Channerwick, Shetland.
Received 27 Jul 2022
Decided2022/205/PPP
Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)
Plot East Of The Malex Swinister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 29 Jul 2022
Decided2022/206/LBC
Replacement roof tiles and windows, internal and external restoration work
Da Haa Watsness Walls Shetland ZE2 9PE
Received 1 Aug 2022
Decided2022/207/TCA
Sycamore x 2 - Remove branches
5 Gibblestone House Gibblestone Court Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TR
Received 1 Aug 2022
Pending Consideration2022/208/PPF
Proposed ground remodelling through the importation of soil material associated with local road improvement works (part retrospective)
Land south of Hagdale Industrial Estate, Unst
Received 4 Aug 2022
Decided2022/210/PPF
New static caravan with service connections including connection to existing septic tank.
Roadside East Burrafirth Shetland ZE2 9NE
Received 4 Aug 2022
Unknown2022/211/PN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
Former Anderson High School Campus Knab Lerwick Shetland
Received 4 Aug 2022
Unknown2022/212/PNT
Prior Notification for the installation of a proposed 7 metre-high mast accommodating 1No. dish antenna along with ancillary equipment.
Saxa Vord MOD Base Unst Shetland ZE2 9EQ
Received 5 Aug 2022
Decided2022/018/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, colour and design at the same location within the existing site area
Olna South Olna Firth Shetland
Received 5 Aug 2022
Decided2022/019/MPN
Application for prior notification under class 21A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To modify an existing freshwater fish farm (planning permission ref: 2012/034/FRA) by replacing 8 x 40m-circumference cages with 5 x 50m-circumference cages and retaining 54m x 6m pontoon
Loch Of Cliff Unst Shetland
Received 5 Aug 2022
Decided2022/020/MPN
Application for prior notification under classes 21A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): Revision of approved freshwater development from 6 x 40m circumference cages to 3 x 50m circumference cages
Loch Of Snarravoe Unst Shetland
Received 5 Aug 2022
Decided2022/214/PPF
6Erection of a new 33kV switchroom, with associated access, landscaping and fencing.
Land south-west of Lerwick Power Station, Gremista Road, Lerwick
Received 10 Aug 2022
Unknown2022/216/SCO
B9082 Cullivoe Road Improvements request for Scoping Opinion
B9082 Cullivoe
Received 8 Aug 2022
Decided2021/005/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Conditions 7 (CEMP), 9 (HMP), 10 (AMP), 11 (Scheduled Monument Condiiton Survey and Monitoring), 12 (CMP), 13 (Surface Water Drainage Plan), 14 (Site Waste Management Plan) and 18 (CTMP)
Land At Lamba Ness, Unst, Shetland
Received 10 Aug 2022
Decided2022/217/PPF
Change of use of a section of front garden ground to incorporate the erection of two shepherd's huts with associated works
Greentoft Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JB
Received 12 Aug 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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