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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8,128 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning and Building Local plan Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation Areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiries01595744293 Council source

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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

Unknown2010/205/PCD
To extend existing dwellinghouse
Old Trafford Toab Virkie ZE3 9JL
Received 3 Jun 2010
Decided2011/161/PCO
Permission in Principle for dwellinghouse
Scord East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UR
Received 2 Jun 2011
Decided2011/143/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse and detached garage with connetion to sewer, provision of Suds and the demolition of Hoivilla
Adjacent To Hoivilla Baltasound Unst ZE2 9DS
Received 17 May 2011
Decided2011/137/PCD
Erect detached dwellinghouse with new septic tank and soakaway
Breiwick Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SF
Received 10 May 2011
Unknown2010/128/PCD
Erect new dwellinghouse and site 5kw wind turbine
Haa Clousta Bixter ZE2 9LX
Received 8 Apr 2010
Unknown2010/103/PCD
To extend existing dwellinghouse
54 Burgh Road Lerwick ZE1 0HJ
Received 26 Mar 2010
Decided2011/94/PCD
Erect a general purpose agricultural building
Freester Nesting ZE2 9PP
Received 4 Apr 2011
Decided2011/124/PCO
Permission in principle for 2 x residential development plots
Southness Hoswick Sandwick ZE2 9HL
Received 28 Apr 2011
Unknown2011/84/PCD
Erect extension on existing dwellinghouse
Hamar Breiwick Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SF
Received 28 Mar 2011
Unknown2010/81/PCD
erect extension on exiting dwellinghouse
Parkview Bigton ZE2 9JF
Received 5 Mar 2010
Unknown2011/96/PCO
Erect dwellinghouse with new septic tank and soakaway and SuDs (Permission in Principle)
Freester Nesting ZE2 9PP
Received 8 Apr 2011
Unknown2011/72/PCD
Single storey side and rear extension
Gord Quendale Shetland ZE2 9JD
Received 15 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/68/PCO
Erect dwellinghouse with connection to public sewer, SUDS and new access via existing track from the public road (Permission in Principle)
Cullister Sandwick ZE2 9HH
Received 8 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/62/PCD
Erection of 2 storey dwellinghouse with integral garage and wrapround deck to the upper floor of the SW Elevation and SUDS System
Land South of Hamnavoe Primary School Hamnavoe Burra ZE2 9LA
Received 2 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/60/PCD
Erect single storey side extension to provide garage and ramped access and erect conservatory
Greenhoulls Brae ZE2 9UA
Received 1 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/56/PCD
Single storey side extension
8 Kirkland Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SL
Received 1 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/54/PCO
Proposal in principle for the development of two house sites with new access and connection to the public sewer
Ennie Leebotten Sandwick ZE2 9HP
Received 24 Feb 2011
Decided2011/63/PCD
Erect detached dwellinghouse with new access, septic tank and surface water drainage system
Land to east of Summerside Stove Walls ZE2 9PH
Received 2 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/41/PCO
Erect single detached dwellinghouse and provison of a new road access (permission in principle)
Adjacent to Leagarth Hoswick Sandwick ZE2 9HL
Received 17 Feb 2011
Unknown2011/37/PCD
Single storey extension
Grinds Trondra Shetland ZE1 0XL
Received 17 Feb 2011
Unknown2011/36/PCD
Single storey extension to the rear
Chapel Cottage Dunrossness ZE2 9JH
Received 17 Feb 2011
Unknown2011/70/PCD
Erect extension to rear elevation
21 Staneyhill Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0QW
Received 15 Mar 2011
Unknown2011/46/PCD
Demolition of existing dwelinghouse and erection of one and a half storey dwellinghouse with SUDS drainage and connection to existing septic tank
Southerhouse Burra ZE2 9LB
Received 18 Feb 2011
Unknown2011/20/PCD
Erect garage with office and store, re-instate access track and construct surface water soakaway
Gunnista Bressay ZE2 9EP
Received 17 Jan 2011

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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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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