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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 dates10,490Searchable applications
136Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,265 approved or refused records
137Refused applications
8,128 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Nov 2002 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided2023/142/DCON8
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 9 (Vehicle Parking and turning).
North Haven Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/028/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 04 (Blue Roof) of planning application 2025/028/PPF
21 BREIWICK ROAD Lerwick Shetland
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/028/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 05 (Otter Survey) of planning application 2025/028/PPF
21 BREIWICK ROAD Lerwick Shetland
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/028/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 11 (Formation Access Road) & Condition 14 (Waste Materials) of planning application 2025/028/PPF
21 BREIWICK ROAD Lerwick Shetland
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/028/DCON3
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 6 (Biodiversity) of planning application 2025/028/PPF
21 BREIWICK ROAD Lerwick Shetland
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/051/PPF
Erection of 3no dwelling houses (to be used as holiday rental properties), formation of vehicular access, 1.2M boundary fence, associated landscaping and drainage works.
Plot Nesbister Whiteness Shetland
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/052/PPF
The erection of 2 no. wind turbines (each with a generating capacity of up to 5MW), with a maximum hub height of 67 metres and a maximum blade tip height of 107 metres, and erection of substation building and associated infrastructure.
Land To The East Of A970, Hill Of Wethersta, Shetland.
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/053/CLUP
Certificate of lawfulIness for extension at the rear of the house 2m x 5.6m x 2m.
Norsecroft LADYSMITH ROAD Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XD
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/054/PPF
To site new mobile static home for personal use and rental.
Filska East Voe Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0US
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/055/TCA
Large sycamore tree - Cut back tree which is blocking light and threatening damage to house, garden and phone wires
74 ST OLAF STREET Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0EN
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Pending Consideration2026/056/PPF
New single storey dwelling house with ASHP and detached domestic garage with associated landscaping and drainage works.
Plot Cunningsburgh Shetland
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Pending Consideration2026/057/VCON
Application under section 42 to amend Condition 2 of application 2024/030/VCON to extend the time period for commencement of development to 30th November 2031.
Beaw Field Wind Farm, Burravoe, Yell ZE2 9BA
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/007/MDCON01
To discharge condition no. 3 of Works Licence 2025/007/WL
Fair Isle Channel From West To East Within Scottish Territorial Seas
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/058/VCON
Proposal to vary condition 2 of planning permission 2024/303/PPF to relocate the approved access junction on Ladies Drive approximately 25m southwards and to create new 405m long section of track to link windfarm track (approved under planning permission 2023/084/VCON)) to substation platform
600M West Of The Western Extent Of Lerwick BNG HU 44730 42646
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/059/PPF
Erection of no. 2 dwellinghouses, formation of vehicular access, erection of 1m post and wire boundary fence, installation of septic tank and infiltration system, installation of air source heat pump and associated landscaping and drainage works.
Plot Clack Catfirth South Nesting Shetland
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/060/PPF
Erect PolyCrub 4 x 4 in the Dog Park at Keolka.
Keolka Wadbister Girlsta Shetland ZE2 9SQ
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Unknown2026/061/PN
Prior Notification Agricultural Storage Building 10 x 4 and creation of access track.
Spiggie House Dunrossness Shetland ZE2 9JE
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/062/PPF
Extension to bonded whisky distillery warehouse with associated SuDs drainage, soft and hard landscaping to form HGV turning area.
Unit 1 Scalloway Industrial Estate East Voe Scalloway Shetland
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided2024/080/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 04 (Biodiversity) of planning application 2024/080/PPF.
3 WETHERSTA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE Wethersta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QL
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided2024/080/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 05 (SUDs Attenuation) of planning application 2024/080/PPF.
3 WETHERSTA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE Wethersta Brae Shetland ZE2 9QL
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/187/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 05 (Peat Management Plan) of planning application 2025/187/PPF.
Land To The North Of The A968, Mid Yell, ZE2 9BJ
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decided2025/276/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 04 (attenuation) of planning application 2025/276/PPF.
Abon-Da-Bod Nesbister Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/063/CLUP
The construction of attenuation and overflow storage basins in order to reduce flood risk during high intensity rainfall events.
To the south of the access road to Gaet-a-Gott.
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided2023/250/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 02 (Building Survey) of planning application 2023/250/LBC.
Shetland Islands Council Old Anderson High School TWAGEOS ROAD Lerwick Shetland
Received 16 Mar 2026
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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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