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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
10,492Searchable 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8,128 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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. Unknown2010/421/PCR

    Erect storey and-a-half dwellinghouse (Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions)

    Park Sandwick ZE2 9HP

    Received 19 Nov 2010
  2. Unknown2010/397/PCO

    Erect new dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in principle)

    New Dwellinghouse Park Road Sandwick ZE2 9HS

    Received 27 Oct 2010
  3. Unknown2010/379/PCD

    Site summer house (retrospective application)

    Freester Nesting ZE2 9PP

    Received 14 Oct 2010
  4. Unknown2010/396/PCD

    To extend existing dwellinghouse

    Croegreen Ollaberry ZE2 9RT

    Received 26 Oct 2010
  5. Unknown2010/371/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse with garage and connection to existing SEPA registered sea outfall

    Adjacent to Batavia Uyeasound Unst ZE2 9DL

    Received 30 Sept 2010
  6. Unknown2010/373/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse

    Vanlop Scousburgh Dunrossness ZE2 9JE

    Received 7 Oct 2010
  7. Unknown2010/344/PCD

    Erect garage

    Willtrow Dunrossness ZE2 9JG

    Received 13 Sept 2010
  8. Unknown2010/363/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse

    Site North West of Meal Kirk Meal Burra ZE2 9LA

    Received 24 Sept 2010
  9. Unknown2010/321/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse with access, septic tank and soakaway

    The Hulters Brae ZE2 9QS

    Received 19 Aug 2010
  10. Unknown2010/317/PCO

    Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permission in Principle)

    Scord East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UQ

    Received 18 Aug 2010
  11. Unknown2010/335/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse

    Meal Hamnavoe Burra ZE2 9LB

    Received 2 Sept 2010
  12. Decided2010/272/PCD

    Site Summer House (retrospective application)

    Freester Nesting ZE2 9PP

    Received 20 Jul 2010
  13. Unknown2010/271/PCO

    Erect dwellinghouse (Planning Permision in Priniciple)

    Site south west of Rockside Nesting ZE2 9PP

    Received 20 Jul 2010
  14. Unknown2010/299/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse with connected garage

    Near Gillarona Muckle Roe ZE2 9QW

    Received 9 Aug 2010
  15. Unknown2010/276/PCD

    Single storey extension to the se elevation

    Lowgarth Swinister Sandwick ZE2 9HH

    Received 26 Jul 2010
  16. Decided2010/245/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse with access, parking and a septic tank

    Pettifirth Bressay ZE2 9ES

    Received 30 Jun 2010
  17. Unknown2010/267/PCD

    To extend existing dwellinghouse

    13 Blydoit East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UG

    Received 19 Jul 2010
  18. Unknown2010/208/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse

    North of Papil Burra ZE2 9LD

    Received 4 Jun 2010
  19. Unknown2010/207/PCD

    To erect extenstion to front elevation of existing dwellinghouse

    12 Law Lane Lerwick ZE1 0EA

    Received 3 Jun 2010
  20. Unknown2010/217/PCD

    To erect sun-room extension to existing dwellinghouse and erect timber balcony

    2 Helendale Terrace Lerwick ZE1 0GE

    Received 8 Jun 2010
  21. Unknown2010/196/PCD

    To erect detached dwellinghouse with track access and septic tank

    Islesburgh Sullom ZE2 9RE

    Received 24 May 2010
  22. Decided2011/176/PCD

    Extension and alterations to dwellinghouse

    7 Bakland Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SX

    Received 17 Jun 2011
  23. Unknown2010/176/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse with access, car parking and a rain water soakaway

    Setter Sandwick ZE2 9HP

    Received 6 May 2010
  24. Unknown2010/174/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse (Approval of matters specified in conditions - AMC)

    Opposite Heatherlea Dunrossness ZE2 9JG

    Received 6 May 2010

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.

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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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