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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
10,346Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,181 approved or refused records
124Refused applications

8,057 approved · 124 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Decided2023/024/DCON2

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (wind turbine contract) of application ref 2023/024/PPF

    Plot Twatt Bixter Shetland

    Received 2 Aug 2023
  2. Decided2022/123/DCON12

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 1 (Commencement of Development) of planning application 2022/123/ECUCON

    Kergord To Gremista

    Received 8 Aug 2023
  3. Decided2019/358/DCON12

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (Restrict operational use) of application ref 2019/358/VCON

    Cullivoe Pier Cullivoe Yell Shetland

    Received 28 Jul 2023
  4. Decided2023/195/PPF

    Create new glamping site and parking for four serviced wigwam pods. Including change of use of land

    Vacant Land Gord Houbie Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ

    Received 10 Aug 2023
  5. Decided2023/196/PPF

    Construct two polycrubs on existing agricultural ground

    Vacant Land Gord Houbie Fetlar Shetland ZE2 9DJ

    Received 10 Aug 2023
  6. Decided2023/197/PPF

    Proposed Demolition of existing storage building and replace with new storage building

    Unstfest Storage Facility Off A968 (Baltasound) Unst Shetland

    Received 11 Aug 2023
  7. Decided2023/200/ADV

    Erect signage

    Off The Main Road Near Gutcher Ferry.

    Received 16 Aug 2023
  8. Decided2020/125/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP)), Condition 5 (Blasting and Vibration Monitoring Scheme), Condition 7 (Mud/spoil from vehicles leaving the site), Condition 9 (Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) and Condition 12 (Landscaping) of application ref 2020/125/PPF

    North Staneyhill Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0PR

    Received 17 Aug 2023
  9. Decided2023/201/PPF

    Proposed erection of single storey Ferry Terminal Waiting Shelter and access ramp.

    Foula Harbour Foula Shetland ZE2 9PN

    Received 21 Aug 2023
  10. Decided2023/156/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 10 (Biodiversity plan) of application ref 2023/156/PPF

    Tingview Griesta Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SB

    Received 21 Aug 2023
  11. Decided2023/014/PPF

    To replace an existing floating pontoon with a fixed pier structure

    Ronas Voe Shorebase Ronas Voe Shetland

    Received 22 Aug 2023
  12. Decided2023/202/PPF

    Erect extension to the existing dwellinghouse

    Heemly North Gardentown Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AD

    Received 23 Aug 2023
  13. Decided2023/203/TCA

    Various - Remove one dead tree and do remedial pruning on a number of others

    Clumlie 11 Greenfield Place Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AQ

    Received 25 Aug 2023
  14. Decided2023/204/MIN

    Part-retrospective extension to existing quarry.

    Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland

    Received 23 Aug 2023
  15. Decided2023/207/PPF

    Retrospective application for the construction of access track to serve two existing wind turbines

    Setter Croft, Site North of Fetlar Primary School, Fetlar, Shetland, ZE2 9DJ

    Received 28 Aug 2023
  16. Decided2021/277/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of application ref 2021/277/PA

    Track Between Setter And Muckle Scord

    Received 24 Aug 2023
  17. Decided2022/331/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 6 (otter survey) of application ref 2022/331/PPF

    Cooke Aquacultures Factory Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BN

    Received 25 Aug 2023
  18. Decided2023/208/CLUP

    Proposed installation of New Stabilisation Facilities, as set out in more detail in the Supporting Statement submitted with this application.

    Sullom Voe Terminal Callbackness Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9TU

    Received 29 Aug 2023
  19. Decided2021/142/DCON

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 3 - Pre Com Colour Finishes - 2021/142/PPF

    Da Reeval Muckle Roe Shetland ZE2 9QW

    Received 27 Aug 2023
  20. Decided2023/210/LBC

    Alterations to outbuilding comprising construction of infill wall and roof

    Pier House Uyeasound Unst Shetland ZE2 9DW

    Received 31 Aug 2023
  21. Decided2023/015/WL

    To continue deployment of an existing tidal array & associated works (retrospective)

    Bluemull Sound, Cullivoe, Shetland

    Received 31 Aug 2023
  22. Decided2022/299/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (SUDs drainage) of application ref 2022/299/PPF

    Hatchery Bookshop Brig Weisdale Shetland ZE2 9LW

    Received 1 Sept 2023
  23. Decided2023/211/ECUCON

    Consultation in relation to a Section 36 Application under Electricity Act 1989 for Shetland Battery Energy Storage System at Lerwick

    Lower Black Hill Industrial Estate Gremista Lerwick Shetland

    Received 1 Sept 2023
  24. Decided2022/334/DCON1

    Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 13 (Scheme of Bio-diversity) of application ref 2022/334/PPF

    Plot 12 Culsetter Park Brae Shetland

    Received 4 Sept 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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