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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

11,289Searchable applications

143Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 8,717 approved or refused records

147Refused applications

8,570 approved · 147 refused · 323 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Sept 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

Unknown2009/53/PCD
To erect single storey detached dwellinghouse
site 18 Bridge End Burra ZE2 9LD
Received 9 Mar 2009
Unknown2008/53/PNA
To erect agricultural shed
Greenton Croft Walls ZE2 9PH
Received 6 Feb 2008
Unknown2005/53/PCD
Erect dwellinghouse
Biggins Court Aith ZE2 9NW
Received 18 Feb 2005
Unknown2004/53/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse
23 Robertson Crescent Lerwick ZE1 0HS
Received 23 Feb 2004
Unknown2002/53/PCD
Erect a portacabin for agricultural use
Breiwick Walls ZE2 9PF
Received 12 Feb 2002
Unknown2004/51/PCD
Construct shop and bakery, Springfield, Walls - Transfer of ownership of existing premises previously approved by consent 1991/046/NID
Walls Shop Walls ZE2 9PF
Received 23 Feb 2004
Unknown2002/51/PCD
Construct a skate park
YT Workshops King Harald Street Lerwick ZE1 0EQ
Received 11 Feb 2002
Unknown2011/50/PCD
Erect 50m high anemometer mast
Land South of Aith Aith ZE2 9NE
Received 23 Feb 2011
Unknown2007/50/PCO
Erect two dwellinghouses (in outline)
Site 1 & 2 Swinister Sandwick ZE2 9JN
Received 5 Feb 2007
Unknown2006/50/PCO
Erect dwellinghouse (in outline)
Ruined croft house site South Nesbister Whiteness ZE2 9LJ
Received 9 Feb 2006
Unknown2004/50/PCD
Re-roof dwellinghouse
Wynroyd Scousburgh Dunrossness ZE2 9JE
Received 23 Feb 2004
Unknown2003/50/LBC
Retain satellite dish
The Sea Door 14 Commercial Street Lerwick ZE1 0AN
Received 11 Feb 2003
Unknown2002/50/PNA
Erect agricultural shed
Site adjacent to Hooplees North Roe ZE2 9RY
Received 11 Feb 2002
Unknown2011/49/SS
Erect 2 turbines
Burradale Tingwall
Received 23 Feb 2011
Unknown2009/49/PCD
To retain portacabin for domestic use
Richelei Cunningsburgh ZE2 9HB
Received 27 Feb 2009
Unknown2008/49/PCO
Erect four dwellinghouses (in outline)
Nesbister Whiteness ZE2 9LJ
Received 6 Feb 2008
Unknown2006/49/ADV
Erect eight internally lit signs and four non-lit directional signs
Station Garage Holmsgarth Road Lerwick ZE1 0PQ
Received 8 Feb 2006
Unknown2005/49/PCD
Demolish existing porch and erect new conservatory (east elevation) and erect new porch (west elevation)
Skelberry Dunrossness ZE2 9JH
Received 10 Feb 2005
Unknown2004/49/PCD
Demolish existing and erect new dwellinghouse
Easter House Cullivoe Yell ZE2 9DD
Received 23 Feb 2004
Unknown2002/49/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse
adjacent to Old Happyhansel Walls ZE2 9PG
Received 11 Feb 2002
Unknown2011/48/PCD
Residential Development comprising 40 housing units, stopping up existing access to the Strand, creation of new access, play area and amenity space , connection to the public sewer and provision of SUDS scheme
The Strand Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SF
Received 22 Feb 2011
Unknown2010/48/PCD
Proposed extension to existing dwellinghouse
Maywick Bigton ZE2 9JF
Received 10 Feb 2010
Unknown2005/48/PCR
Vary condition No. 6 of planning permission 2003/245/PCD and erect dwellinghouse (reserved matters)
Site 3 South Brae Quarff ZE2 9EY
Received 9 Feb 2005
Unknown2004/48/PCD
Extend dwellinghouse
Peerie Beanie's Cottage Skaw Whalsay ZE2 9AW
Received 23 Feb 2004

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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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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