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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 dates10,492Searchable 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8,128 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2026/082/LBC
Internal alterations including the removal of pews, pulpit, internal dais; removal of internal linings on east gable wall; removal, repair and reinstallation of stained windows; widening of gate piers
Church Of Scotland Fair Isle Shetland ZE2 9JU
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/083/PPF
Erection of detached domestic garage
Vita Huset Muckle Roe Shetland ZE2 9QW
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided2022/143/NMV
Non Material Variation to vary permission 2022/143/PPF - Garage heightened by 500mm and lengthened by 600mm. ASHP position altered. Garage window position altered. En suite window position moved slightly. Roof covering of sloped roofs altered. Window and door manufacturers changed.
Plot Stromfirth Whiteness Shetland
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/084/PPF
To demolish the existing rear vest/storeroom and erect a new single storey extension
84 Sandveien Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RT
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/008/WL
To install a submersible water pump in a protective rock gabion with associated pipework between MHWS and MLWS to supply water to a domestic water source heat pump system
Sand Lodge Foreshore, Cullivoe, Yell, Shetland
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/086/CLUP
Install a new underground electricity cable to provide power to listed building St Olafs Church( LB18649) to replace overhead line, as part of undergrounding works related to Cullivoe road widening Scheme, Under Class 40 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended)
Entrance to rear of St Olafs Church
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/087/PPF
To construct 2 no. single storey extensions to existing dwellinghouse and form new parking and turning area including change of use of land to form private garden ground. (Part- Retrospective)
Kruss Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/088/PPF
Installation of a submersible pump and protective gabion on the foreshore to supply seawater for a domestic water source heat pump located at the rear of the dwellinghouse with pipework buried under public road.
Sandlodge Cullivoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9DD
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided2026/089/PPF
Erection of single storey west side extension of dwellinghouse.
48 Robertson Crescent Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HS
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided2026/090/PPF
To construct extension to rear elevation, re-render house and new air source heat pump.
14 Nederdale Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SA
Received 4 May 2026 - Decided2026/091/LBC
To demolish and rebuild an extension of the existing building on the same footprint
Scarfataing 12B Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AN
Received 4 May 2026 - Decided2025/132/NMV
Non-Material Variation to vary permission 2025/132/PPF - To demolish and rebuild existing extension on west elevation.
Scarfataing 12B Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AN
Received 4 May 2026 - Unknown2026/092/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice of proposed erection of new through Campus with associated parking and provision of external landscape and sport spaces
Brae High School Brae Shetland ZE2 9QJ
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided2026/093/PPF
To construct Cabin with ASHP for family use only, create new car parking area; connect to existing septic tank; install surface water soakaway.
Whirlie Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HN
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided2026/023/DCON
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 03 (Biodiversity) of planning application 2026/023/PPF.
Sudragarth Nesbister Whiteness Shetland ZE2 9LJ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided2025/121/PA
Replace 2no. windows on Hillside Road elevation from timber to PVC, one 4 pane to single pane to match others.
1 Nicholson's Bds HILLSIDE ROAD Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0XB
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided2026/094/LBC
Installation of 9no. PV panels to existing roof.
The Old Church Hall Mid Yell Yell Shetland ZE2 9BT
Received 13 May 2026 - Pending Consideration2023/084/DCON1
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 12 (Site Decommisioning, Restoration and Aftercare) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided2023/084/DCON2
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 15 (Planning Monitoring Officer) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Pending Consideration2023/084/DCON3
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 16 (CEMP) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided2023/084/DCON4
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 18 (Ecological CoW) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided2023/084/DCON5
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 22 (Breeding Bird Protection Plan) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided2023/084/DCON6
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 24 (Drinking Water Protection Area) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided2023/084/DCON7
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition 26: (Archaeological Works) of planning application 2023/084/VCON.
Mossy Hill Wind Farm. The Site Centre Is Approximately 2.4km From The Outskirts Of Lerwick And 4.2km From Lerwick Harbour.
Received 13 May 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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