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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
10,503Searchable applications
136Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,275 approved or refused records
137Refused applications

8,138 approved · 137 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Unknown2008/14/PCR

    Erect dwellinghouse (reserved matters)

    North Park Plot 3 Heathery Park Gulberwick ZE2 9JX

    Received 14 Jan 2008
  2. Unknown2008/13/PCR

    Erect dwellinghouse (reserved matters)

    North Park Plot 2 Heathery Park Gulberwick ZE2 9JX

    Received 14 Jan 2008
  3. Unknown2008/11/PCR

    Erect dwellinghouse (reserved matters)

    North Park Plot 1 Heathery Park Gulberwick ZE2 9JX

    Received 14 Jan 2008
  4. Unknown2008/30/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse

    Plot 4 Greenhoulls Brae ZE2 9QG

    Received 21 Jan 2008
  5. Unknown2006/3/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse & construct septic tank & soakaway

    Adjacent To New House Clousta Bixter ZE2 9LX

    Received 10 Jan 2006
  6. Unknown2006/1/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse & construct septic tank and soakaway and access

    Easter Hogaland Bridge End Burra ZE2 9LE

    Received 4 Jan 2006
  7. Unknown2008/12/PCR

    Erect dwellinghouse (reserved matters)

    North Park Plot 7 Heathery Park Gulberwick ZE2 9JX

    Received 14 Jan 2008
  8. Unknown2004/468/PCD

    Erect a dwellinghouse

    Adjacent To Ollaberry Primary School Ollaberry ZE2 9RT

    Received 2 Dec 2004
  9. Unknown2003/434/PCD

    Extend existing dwellinghouse

    Easthouse Tangwick Eshaness Shetland ZE2 9RS

    Received 11 Dec 2003
  10. Unknown2004/424/PCD

    Erect integral garage and porch (west elevation), and convert existing garage into utility room

    7 Clach Na Strom Whiteness ZE2 9LG

    Received 21 Oct 2004
  11. Unknown2003/421/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse

    Adjacent to Swarthoull Cunningsburgh Shetland ZE2 9HB

    Received 2 Dec 2003
  12. Decided2004/399/PNA

    Erect agricultural building

    Skellister South Nesting ZE2 9PP

    Received 6 Oct 2004
  13. Unknown2004/391/PCD

    Erect extension (west elevation)

    Crossroads Baltasound Unst ZE2 9DX

    Received 27 Sept 2004
  14. Unknown2004/499/LBC

    Re-instate former first floor window on west elevation

    The Booth Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RW

    Received 29 Dec 2004
  15. Unknown2007/476/PCD

    Erect storey and-a-half extension at rear of exising property

    45 King Harald Street Lerwick ZE1 0EQ

    Received 23 Nov 2007
  16. Unknown2004/473/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse and construct septic tank and soakaway

    Wadbister Girlsta ZE2 9SQ

    Received 13 Dec 2004
  17. Unknown2004/459/PCD

    Provide sewage treatment plant, U.V disinfection chamber and sea outfall pipe (amended application)

    Sellafirth Yell ZE2 9DG

    Received 23 Nov 2004
  18. Unknown2006/458/PCD

    Change use from paint ball games site (class 11) to gas storage and retail depot (relocation from existing site - Class 5)

    Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick ZE1 0NA

    Received 19 Dec 2006
  19. Unknown2004/444/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse and construct septic tank and soakaway

    Adjacent To Seaview Skelberry Vidlin ZE2 9QD

    Received 15 Nov 2004
  20. Unknown2010/442/ADV

    Erect new signage (retrospective application) and four new display boards

    Jim's Garage Tyres Gremista Industrial Estate Gremista Lerwick ZE1 0PX

    Received 14 Dec 2010
  21. Unknown2010/440/PCD

    Engineering works to provide surface water drain from SUDS for discharge to burn

    Easter Quarff Quarff ZE2 9EY

    Received 14 Dec 2010
  22. Unknown2010/439/PCD

    Erect 2 no. artists lighting poles

    Coastal Walkway North Ness Lerwick ZE1 0WQ

    Received 14 Dec 2010
  23. Unknown2004/421/PCD

    Erect three storey office block

    Plot 3 North Ness Business Park Lerwick ZE1 0LZ

    Received 18 Oct 2004
  24. Unknown2003/420/PCD

    Demolish existing lean-to garage and erect new garage with link to house

    South Ness House Twageos Road Lerwick ZE1 0BB

    Received 2 Dec 2003

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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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