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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

11,095Searchable applications

142Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 8,617 approved or refused records

145Refused applications

8,472 approved · 145 refused · 313 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Unknown2006/151/PCD
Re-slate roof - change colour from red to black
Flann East Voe Scalloway ZE1 0US
Received 21 Apr 2006
Unknown2005/151/PCD
Erect conservatory (north west elevation)
2 Upper Baila Lerwick ZE1 0SF
Received 28 Apr 2005
Unknown2004/151/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse
Close to Uyeasound Junction Uyeasound Unst ZE2 9DL
Received 9 Apr 2004
Unknown2003/151/PCD
Demolish porch, re-instate steps and install new door with fan light above
Chapel House Mounthooly Street Lerwick ZE1 0BJ
Received 14 Apr 2003
Unknown2002/151/PCD
Construct new septic tank and soakaway
Wester Skeld Methodist Church Wester Skeld Skeld ZE2 9NL
Received 2 May 2002
Unknown2010/141/PCD
Construct a stone bench/seat
Ham Yard Foula ZE2 9PN
Received 16 Apr 2010
Unknown2009/141/PCD
To extend existing dwellinghouse & erect new sun room
2 Kirkhouse Twatt Bixter ZE2 9LX
Received 20 May 2009
Unknown2008/141/PCD
To install new veranda (west elevation)
Longridge Gulberwick ZE2 9JX
Received 7 Apr 2008
Unknown2007/141/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse
Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SF
Received 10 Apr 2007
Unknown2005/141/PCO
Erect five dwellinghouses (in outline) (layout and drainage amendment to 2003/310/PCO)
North Heights Quarff ZE2 9EY
Received 20 Apr 2005
Unknown2004/141/PCD
Paint eight fuel storage tanks
BP Fuels North Ness Lerwick ZE1 0LZ
Received 6 Apr 2004
Unknown2003/141/PCD
Site new portacabin on same site and stop up eroding shore line above the high water mark
Whiteness & Weisdale Boating & Sports Club Portacabin Weisdale ZE2 9LQ
Received 9 Apr 2003
Unknown2003/140/PCD
Retain a mobile home
Burraview Bridge Of Walls ZE2 9NT
Received 8 Apr 2003
Unknown2002/140/PCD
Provide a shore service facility in support of mussel farm
Blaaskjell Ltd Shore Service Facilty Girlsta ZE2 9SQ
Received 24 Apr 2002
Unknown2003/143/PCD
Erect conservatory
46 Fogralea Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SE
Received 10 Apr 2003
Unknown2002/143/PCD
To retain satellite dish
14 Pitt Lane Lerwick ZE1 0DP
Received 26 Apr 2002
Unknown2010/142/PCD
Renovate ruined three cornered rest seat to original use
Hametun Wilse Foula ZE2 9PN
Received 16 Apr 2010
Unknown2009/142/PCO
To extend existing outline house site (2008/222/PCO) to provide additional garden area (in outline)
Nesbister Whiteness ZE2 9LJ
Received 20 May 2009
Unknown2008/142/PCD
To extend dwellinghouse
13 Ronald Street Lerwick ZE1 0BQ
Received 8 Apr 2008
Unknown2007/142/PNA
Erect polytunnel
North Hamarsland Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SG
Received 17 Apr 2007
Unknown2004/142/LBC
Repair and restore historic dockyard and boat store
Hay's Dock Freefield Lerwick ZE1 0NL
Received 6 Apr 2004
Unknown2003/142/PCD
Erect conservatory
12 Andrewston Brae Lerwick ZE1 0RF
Received 11 Apr 2003
Unknown2002/142/PCD
To retain caravan
Seaview Cottage Papil Burra ZE2 9LD
Received 26 Apr 2002
Unknown2007/161/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse
Aingarth Huxter Whalsay ZE2 9AH
Received 20 Apr 2007

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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
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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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