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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

10,880Searchable applications

140Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 8,481 approved or refused records

143Refused applications

8,338 approved · 143 refused · 309 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 2002 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

Conservation areas3 mapped area records

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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

Unknown2010/319/LBC
Replacement of windows to south elevation and installation of french doors, Install fire resistant window to existing opening in west elevation
Millhouse Hillhead Whalsay ZE2 9AQ
Received 18 Aug 2010
Unknown2008/319/PCO
To erect 2 dwellinghouses (in outline)
Sites 1 & 2 West House East Burrafirth ZE2 9NE
Received 25 Sept 2008
Unknown2007/319/PCD
Erect twenty new dwellinghouses and five dwellinghouses (in outline)
Houlland Road Sandwick ZE2 9HU
Received 25 Jul 2007
Unknown2006/319/PCD
Construct porch - north elevation
Belmont House Belmont Unst ZE2 9DW
Received 28 Aug 2006
Unknown2004/319/NID
Extend car park
Sandwick Junior High School Sandwick ZE2 9HH
Received 2 Aug 2004
Unknown2010/366/PCD
Erec a 5kw domestic wind turbine on 12m tower
Quam West Sandwick Yell ZE2 9BH
Received 27 Sept 2010
Unknown2009/366/LBC
Replacement of mono-pitch metal roof, with roof to match existing; replacement of acrylic pitched roof light with double glazed single pitched rooflight; addition of cast iron guttering and facia to east elevation
Quendale Mill Quendale Dunrossness ZE2 9JD
Received 10 Dec 2009
Unknown2007/366/PCD
Subdivide 96a Commercial Street, into two residential flats involving internal modifications and repairs to roof and chimney
96A Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0EX
Received 3 Sept 2007
Unknown2006/366/PNA
Prior notification of erection of poly tunnels and shed
The Banks Cunnister Yell ZE2 9DG
Received 4 Oct 2006
Unknown2004/366/PCD
Erect garage
5 Atlaness Hamnavoe Burra ZE2 9XW
Received 6 Sept 2004
Unknown2003/366/PCD
Erect a 15 metre high 15kw wind turbine
South Burn Ollaberry ZE2 9RT
Received 2 Oct 2003
Unknown2002/366/PCD
Retain portacabin
Browns Road Lerwick ZE1 0ND
Received 27 Sept 2002
Unknown2009/365/PCD
To install stove and chimney
18 Norderhoull Voe ZE2 9QZ
Received 9 Dec 2009
Unknown2008/365/PCO
To erect dwellinghouse (in outline)
Smuggins Bridge End Burra ZE2 9LE
Received 19 Nov 2008
Unknown2007/365/PCD
Change temporary permission to permanent residential use
Easterhoull Chalets East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0UR
Received 3 Sept 2007
Unknown2006/365/PCO
To demolish agricultural buildings and erect dwellinghouse (in outline)
Baxter Quendale Dunrossness ZE2 9JD
Received 4 Oct 2006
Unknown2004/365/ADV
Erect projecting sign (south elevation)
Alliance & Leicester 66 Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0DL
Received 6 Sept 2004
Unknown2003/365/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse
Quoys South Nesting ZE2 9PP
Received 2 Oct 2003
Unknown2002/365/PCD
Install 18,000 litre septic tank, associated pipework and chambers
Voeside Bressay ZE2 9EN
Received 26 Sept 2002
Unknown2009/364/PCD
To construct garage extension to existing dwellinghouse
Kalfarhame Gletness Nesting ZE2 9PS
Received 9 Dec 2009
Unknown2010/318/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse with septic tank and soakaway
Cloddy Knowe Dunrossness ZE2 9JH
Received 18 Aug 2010
Unknown2009/318/PNA
Erect multi purpose agricultural storage building
Agricultural Building HU 41521 24724 Swinister Sandwick ZE2 9HH
Received 22 Oct 2009
Decided2007/318/PCD
To install external air conditioning units
Clydesdale Bank Plc 106 Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0EX
Received 25 Jul 2007
Unknown2006/318/PCD
Renovate croft house including demolishing existing extension and erect two new extensions to north-west and south-west elevations
Sunnyside South Whiteness ZE2 9LL
Received 23 Aug 2006

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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.

Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.

How to search planning applications

Guides to planning records

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Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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Published 13 Aug 2026Updated 13 Sept 2026

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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