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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

10,993Searchable applications

142Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 8,546 approved or refused records

143Refused applications

8,403 approved · 143 refused · 311 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Oct 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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

Unknown2007/283/PCD
Replace post and wire fence with white picket fence; erect five metre high flag pole and site house name sign at access road enterance.
Scarpas North Voxter Cunningsburgh ZE2 9HF
Received 3 Jul 2007
Unknown2005/283/NID
Change the use of two dwellinghouses to four, one bedroomed domestic flats
Nos 4 & 5 Sandside Firth Mossbank ZE2 9TE
Received 22 Aug 2005
Unknown2002/283/PNA
Erect a general purpose agricultural shed
Swona Crookataing Walls ZE2 9PD
Received 30 Jul 2002
Unknown2010/282/LBC
Install temporary roof covering
General Pupose Shed Hillswick ZE2 9RW
Received 26 Jul 2010
Unknown2009/282/PCD
To erect new abattoir
The Mart, Staney Hill Industrial Estate Lerwick ZE1 0NA
Received 24 Sept 2009
Pending Consideration2008/282/PNA
To erect feed store
Springwal Muckle Roe ZE2 9QW
Received 13 Aug 2008
Unknown2007/282/PCD
Create landscaped amenity area, car parking area and install public art
Oversund Road/South Road Junction Lerwick ZE1 0SD
Received 3 Jul 2007
Unknown2003/282/PCD
To extend dwellinghouse
19 Vallafield Veensgarth Tingwall ZE2 9XH
Received 14 Jul 2003
Unknown2010/281/PCD
To erect fence (retrospective)
Roadside Cottage East Burrafirth ZE2 9NE
Received 26 Jul 2010
Unknown2009/281/PCO
Erect Chalet (in outline)
Old garage site adjacent to Bayview Aith ZE2 9NB
Received 23 Sept 2009
Unknown2008/281/PCD
Application not to comply with condition nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 12 of planning permission ref: 2007/174/PCD (change of use of factory to provide 10 residential units, Old Judane Knitwear Factory, North Road, Lerwick) which relate to visibility splay provision, access into the site, car parking spaces to be provided and pedestrian access
Old Judane Knitwear Factory North Road Lerwick ZE1 0PQ
Received 13 Aug 2008
Unknown2007/281/LBC
Proposed refurbishment work to Fetlar Kirk including the renewal of window frames, replacement of slates and rhones, plaster repair and other internal modifications
Fetlar Kirk Fetlar ZE2 9DJ
Received 3 Jul 2007
Unknown2003/281/PCD
Erect four dwellinghouses and construct access road
Site adjacent to Ingleby Brae ZE2 9QG
Received 14 Jul 2003
Unknown2004/291/PCD
Erect mussel grading and purification building
Salmon Farm Base Sparl Brae ZE2 9QU
Received 9 Jul 2004
Unknown2002/291/PCD
retain satellite dish
Clickimin Leisure Centre North Lochside Lerwick ZE1 0PJ
Received 1 Aug 2002
Unknown2010/290/PCD
Erect 6kw turbine on 12m tower
Averley Cottage Baltasound Unst ZE2 9DT
Received 28 Jul 2010
Unknown2009/290/PCD
To erect greenhouse/potting shed (retospective)
Kalandseid Trondra ZE1 0XL
Received 6 Oct 2009
Unknown2008/290/PCD
To erect dwellinghouse and garage
opposite side of road from Old Stiva Aith ZE2 9ND
Received 26 Aug 2008
Decided2007/290/LBC
Install air conditioning units at high level at rear of building
Clydesdale Bank 106 Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0EX
Received 16 Jul 2007
Unknown2005/290/LBC
Pick, point and replace cast iron guttering and rhones - east, north and west elevations
Walls Methodist Church Walls ZE2 9PF
Received 23 Aug 2005
Unknown2004/290/PCO
Erect dwellinghouse (in outline)
Germatwatt Walls ZE2 9PF
Received 9 Jul 2004
Unknown2002/290/PCD
Retain storage shed
Shetland Recreational Trust Yell Leisure Centre Mid Yell ZE2 9BN
Received 1 Aug 2002
Unknown2010/289/PCD
Erect fence trellising around garden up to 2m high and erect privacy trellis at back door (retrospective)
53 Haldane Burgess Crescent Lerwick ZE1 0HR
Received 28 Jul 2010
Unknown2008/289/PCD
To erect dwellinghouse
New dwelling Tresta Bixter ZE2 9LT
Received 22 Aug 2008

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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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