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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
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 dates10,370Searchable applications
136Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,193 approved or refused records
124Refused applications
8,069 approved · 124 refused · 274 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Pre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01595744293Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided2024/004/PPF
Proposed extension with ASHP to derelict dwellinghouse and standalone garage
Mosshouse Effirth Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NG
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/005/PPF
Replace eight wooden windows replace with modern PVC
6 Kirkpark Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XJ
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/006/PPF
The Proposed Development replaces two previously consented wind turbines at Luggies Knowe, Gremista and will comprise the construction and operation of one wind turbine with a ground to blade tip height of up to 149.9 m, battery energy storage system units, site access tracks and associated infrastructure
Luggies Knowe Hill Of Gremista, Reference HU 46191 45162.
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided2024/007/PPF
Two Storey rear extension and decking (Retrospective)
12 South Lochside Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RA
Received 23 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/008/S37SIM
Retrospective Consent: for existing Line now subject to Section 37 consent: High Voltage overhead supported by wooden poles, between hu5930392206 and hu5898091445 - Fetlar
Arquiva Site Fetlar
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/009/PPF
Extension to existing MOT garage to form new customer waiting room.
Shetland MOT & Repair Garage Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SH
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Unknown2023/018/PAM
Application for prior approval under classes 21A, 21B and 21C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To modify an existing fish farm by replacing 8 x 90m-circumference cages with 7 x 100m-circumference cages, to replace the existing feed barge with a different barge in an amended position, and to change top net system from 'hamster wheels' to pole-supported top nets
North Voe Whalsay Shetland
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Unknown2024/010/PN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential) - Agricultural Track
Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill Lerwick
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided2023/004/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 3 - Mortar and Harl
The Steamer Skeld Shetland
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/012/TCA
1 x semi mature Sycamore - Remove tree.
7 Bank Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DT
Received 19 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/013/PPF
New domestic general purpose storage shed
Hololoan Gunnista Bressay Shetland ZE2 9EL
Received 23 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/015/PPF
Demolish existing 13m x 8m timber boat shed and construct new 12m x 8m steel portal framed, composite profile sheet clad boat shed on the same site
Duke Street Hamnavoe Burra Shetland Isles
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/016/PPF
Construct timber access ramp with handrails and concrete base plate to entrance door of property.
Midfield South Whiteness Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LL
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided2023/176/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 4 (Scottish Water), Condition 5 (Surface Water Drainage), 6 (Disposal Materials) of Planning Condition 2023/176/PPF
Gilbert Bain Hospital South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0TB
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/017/PPF
Creation of temporary peat storage area
Sullom Voe Terminal, Mossbank, Shetland, ZE2 9TY
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/018/PPF
Retrospective Change of Use to Class 6 and siting of 4 Storage Containers
6B Wethersta Industrial Estate Wethersta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QL
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/019/PPF
Extension to existing storage shed
Q A FISH LTD Blacksness Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TQ
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/020/PPF
Installation of 2 No. 5kW Wind Turbines on 15m towers plus excavation of associated trench for electricity cable running back to associated building
Shetland Rural Centre Staneyhill Lerwick
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decided2024/021/PPF
To demolish existing fence and erect new fence around football pitch.
Harbison Park Gardentown Symbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AB
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Unknown2024/001/MPAN
Redevelopment and expansion of an existing consented salmon farm by siting up to 12 x 200m-circumference pens in a 150m mooring grid and a new feed barge
Fish Holm Fish Farm, Yell Sound, Shetland
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decided2023/227/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 4 Biodiversity - Planning Application 2023/227/PPF
Plot Gunnista Bressay Shetland
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/002/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 and design at the same location within the existing site area
Laxfirth Voe, Tingwall, Shetland
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/022/PPF
The proposal is to convert the existing building, previously used as a church, into a one storey, split level dwelling home with an ASHP. We will carry out internal modifications, repairs and replace six windows. An additional 3 windows will be added into the SW elevation
Congregational Church Skeld Shetland ZE2 9NJ
Received 2 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/023/ECUCON
Consultation (Section 37 (greater than 132kV) The construction and operation of c.18.6 km of new 132 kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line (OHL) between the proposed 132kV Yell Switching Station, north of Burravoe on the island of Yell and Energy Isles wind farm near Dalsetter in the north of the island
Received 2 Feb 2024
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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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