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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

10,336Searchable applications

137Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 8,177 approved or refused records

122Refused applications

8,055 approved · 122 refused · 269 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Nov 2002 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided2023/009/MAR
Temporary planning permission for the installation of a storage container and power cable to the Holms Geo fish farm (retrospective).
Taing Shorebase, Bridge End, Burra, Shetland, ZE2 9LE
Received 12 May 2023
Decided2023/118/ADV
Sign board and window sign (retrospective application)
133 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DL
Received 11 May 2023
Decided2023/119/LBC
Signage x 12; mixture of solid wood frame, with plywood inserts, laminated vinyl applied to glazing and aluminium composite with vinyl
Ellesmere Buildings Esplanade Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LL
Received 15 May 2023
Decided2023/120/PPF
Proposed replacement windows, doors and installation of new external steel flue
1 Bayhall Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 16 May 2023
Decided2023/121/LBC
Proposed replacement windows, doors and installation of new external steel flue
1 Bayhall Walls Shetland ZE2 9PF
Received 16 May 2023
Decided2022/260/DCON6
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (road condition survey) of planning permission 2022/260/PPF
Land By Lower Blackhill Industrial Estate, Gremista, Lerwick ZE1 0PX
Received 16 May 2023
Decided2022/260/DCON7
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 14 (waste materials) of planning permission 2022/260/PPF
Land By Lower Blackhill Industrial Estate, Gremista, Lerwick ZE1 0PX
Received 16 May 2023
Decided2023/124/PPF
Alterations to site drainage system
Lower Scord, Scalloway., Shetland
Received 16 May 2023
Decided2022/292/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 5 Waste Management of Planning Application 2022/292/PPF
Burnside Netherton Levenwick Shetland ZE2 9HX
Received 12 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 7 (construction hours) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 11 (peat restoration) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON3
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 13 (Environmental Clerk of Works) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON4
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 14 (Pre-commencement Ornithological Survey and Bird Breeding Protection Plan) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON5
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 15 (Species Protection Plan) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON6
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 16 (Written Scheme of Archaeological Works) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON7
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 17 (Archaeological Clerk of Works) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON8
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 21 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 19 May 2023
Decided2023/126/PPF
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential, creation of 2no. car parking spaces, increase in dwelling ridge height to provide first floor accommodation and erection of single storey link between dwelling and outbuilding.
Lurnea Bridge End Burra Shetland ZE2 9LD
Received 22 May 2023
Unknown2023/127/HESCON
Consultation on proposal to remove an existing listing
Smithfield Croft Huxter Shetland ZE2 9PL
Received 22 May 2023
Decided2023/128/PPF
Extension to existing dwellinghouse and new surface soakaway
Thorison Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 22 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON9
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 12 (Construction Environment Management Plan) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 23 May 2023
Decided2022/123/DCON10
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 9 (Habitat Restoration Plan) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON
Kergord To Gremista
Received 23 May 2023
Decided2023/129/PPF
Erect dwellinghouse with attached garage and air source heat pump
Plot 3 Brough Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AL
Received 24 May 2023
Decided2022/140/DCON2
Application for consent agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (bond) of Planning Permission 2022/140/VCON
Staney Hill Quarry
Received 24 May 2023

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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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