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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

10,502Searchable applications

136Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 8,274 approved or refused records

137Refused applications

8,137 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Unknown2003/125/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse and erect shed
Sandyburn Cottage Netherton Levenwick ZE2 9HX
Received 31 Mar 2003
Unknown2007/474/PCD
Extend existing dwellinghouse and erect garage with adjoining granny flat
Rocklea East Longfield Dunrossness ZE2 9JH
Received 16 Nov 2007
Unknown2004/445/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse (south west elevation)
Vatnabrekk Swinister Sandwick ZE2 9HH
Received 15 Nov 2004
Unknown2003/413/PCD
Erect a garden shed
44 Robertson Crescent Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0HS
Received 27 Nov 2003
Unknown2007/103/PCD
To erect dwellinghouse and garage
Houlland Sandwick ZE2 9HW
Received 14 Mar 2007
Unknown2007/102/PCD
To extend dwellinghouse
Runn Bigton ZE2 9JF
Received 15 Mar 2007
Unknown2005/98/PCD
Demolish byre and extend dwellinghouse
Northpunds Levenwick ZE2 9HX
Received 21 Mar 2005
Unknown2005/78/PCD
To alter and extend existing dwellinghouse
Runn Bigton ZE2 9JF
Received 8 Mar 2005
Unknown2008/76/PCD
Demolish existing house and erect new dwellinghouse
Grind Scatness Virkie ZE3 9JW
Received 18 Feb 2008
Unknown2006/72/PCD
Extend existing dwellinghouse (north-west & south-west elevations) & erect private domestic garage
Skalberg Dunrossness ZE2 9JH
Received 23 Feb 2006
Unknown2006/342/NID
Subdivide number 131 North Road to create two residential units
131 North Road Lerwick ZE1 0PR
Received 12 Sept 2006
Unknown2007/338/PCD
Extend existing dwellinghouse (west elevation)
Wheelafirth Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SF
Received 15 Aug 2007
Unknown2010/359/PCD
To erect 2 chalets
North of Livorna Busta Brae ZE2 9QN
Received 24 Sept 2010
Unknown2005/320/PCO
To construct a housing development (in outline) comprising a total of 22 houses (8 no. 2 bedroomed houses, 10 no. 3 bedroomed houses and 4 no. 4 bedroomed houses)
East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UG
Received 27 Sept 2005
Unknown2006/316/PCD
Erect 22 dwellinghouses (8 no. 2 bedroomed, 10 no. 3 bedroomed and 4 no. 4 bedroomed houses)
East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UR
Received 22 Aug 2006
Unknown2009/314/PCD
To erect two chalets with new access and parking
Sites Adjacent To Vendaal Voe ZE2 9PT
Received 19 Oct 2009
Unknown2008/314/PCD
To erect dwellinghouse
Site Opposite North Houssetter Lochend North Roe ZE2 9RZ
Received 16 Sept 2008
Unknown2009/341/ADV
RNLI signs to be added to the North and South elevations and the boundary wall (retrospective)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Old Tollbooth Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0AB
Received 16 Nov 2009
Unknown2006/335/PCD
Part change of use of transport workshop to bond warehouse for whiskey storage/maturation at motor transport building
Former RAF Saxa Vord Unst ZE2 9TJ
Received 12 Sept 2006
Unknown2007/309/PCD
To demolish existing garage and erect new garage and erect new sun-porch entrance
Stillehavn Tagon Voe ZE2 9PT
Received 24 Jul 2007
Unknown2008/308/PCD
To erect dwellinghouse with integral garage
Wester Scord Voe ZE2 9PT
Received 11 Sept 2008
Unknown2010/304/PCD
To erect 5kw wind turbine on 15m tower with 5.4m diameter blades and trenched cable connection to Voe Public Hall
East Of Norbrek Voe ZE2 9PT
Received 11 Aug 2010
Unknown2008/293/PCR
To erect dwellinghouse
Laxfirth Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SG
Received 26 Aug 2008
Unknown2007/312/PCD
Demolish existing building and erect new building to provide four one bedroomed flats
Old Pumping Station South Road Lerwick ZE1 0RD
Received 25 Jul 2007

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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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