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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
11,313Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,728 approved or refused records
151Refused applications

8,577 approved · 151 refused · 323 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Unknown2009/39/PCD

    Erect garden shed (retrospective application)

    13 Tarland Upper Sound Lerwick ZE1 0SJ

    Received 16 Feb 2009
  2. Unknown2008/39/PCD

    Extend existing dwellinghouse and erect detatched garage

    Hestingott Virkie ZE3 9JR

    Received 29 Jan 2008
  3. Unknown2005/39/PCD

    Extend district heating network, Mounthooly Place / Mounthooly Street / Law Lane / Pirate Lane / Hangcliffe Lane, Lerwick

    Lerwick ZE1 0BL

    Received 7 Feb 2005
  4. Unknown2004/39/PCD

    Erect 15 metre wind turbine (base to rotor - 19.4m overall)

    Roadside Ollaberry ZE2 9RT

    Received 17 Feb 2004
  5. Unknown2002/39/PCD

    Demolish garage and extend dwellinghouse

    Ocinster Virkie ZE3 9JS

    Received 31 Jan 2002
  6. Unknown2011/38/PCD

    Single storey extension

    19 Brentfield Place Sandwick ZE2 9HS

    Received 17 Feb 2011
  7. Unknown2002/38/PCD

    Pick and point east, south and west elevations, and white wash four walls

    8 Pitt Lane Lerwick ZE1 0DP

    Received 29 Jan 2002
  8. Unknown2010/37/PCD

    Erect slurry tank

    South Scord Muckle Roe ZE2 9QW

    Received 2 Feb 2010
  9. Unknown2009/37/PCD

    Erect new dwellinghouse (Amended Design)

    Bells Road Lerwick ZE1 0RB

    Received 16 Feb 2009
  10. Unknown2008/37/PCD

    Erect dwellinghouse

    Aithsetter Cunningsburgh ZE2 9HG

    Received 29 Jan 2008
  11. Unknown2007/37/NID

    Carry out road improvement works on B9081 from the junction of the A968 to Mid Yell

    New Roadway Mid Yell Yell ZE2 9BJ

    Received 24 Jan 2007
  12. Unknown2006/37/PCD

    Erect 6kw aerogenerater on a 9 metre tower

    Near Burravoe Public Hall Burravoe Yell ZE2 9AY

    Received 31 Jan 2006
  13. Unknown2005/37/PCD

    Erect porch (south west elevation)

    24 Bakland Lerwick ZE1 0SX

    Received 1 Feb 2005
  14. Unknown2004/37/PCD

    Erect porch and re-roof dwellinghouse

    The Manse Gruting Bridge Of Walls ZE2 9NR

    Received 12 Feb 2004
  15. Unknown2003/37/PCD

    Demolish existing lean-to and erect single storey extension

    3 South Road Lerwick ZE1 0RB

    Received 4 Feb 2003
  16. Unknown2002/37/PCD

    Erect steel portal frame building and slurry tank

    Kurkigarth Weisdale ZE2 9LN

    Received 29 Jan 2002
  17. Unknown2010/36/PCD

    To re-roof existing dwellinghouse

    South House Skelberry North Roe ZE2 9RY

    Received 2 Feb 2010
  18. Unknown2009/36/LBC

    Replacement boiler and installation of flue vent

    2 Muckle Flugga Shore Station Burrafirth Unst ZE2 9EQ

    Received 16 Feb 2009
  19. Unknown2008/36/PNA

    Erect agricultural storage building

    Annifirth Walls ZE2 9PE

    Received 29 Jan 2008
  20. Unknown2006/36/PCD

    Change use from manufacturing, retail, wholesale and storage - to retail, wholesale and storage only (Class 5 - Industrial to Class 1 - Shops)

    Judane Shetland Ltd Lower Blackhill Industrial Estate Gremista Lerwick ZE1 0DG

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  21. Unknown2005/36/PNA

    Erect general purpose agricultural building (adjacent to existing building)

    Laxfirth Farm Gott Tingwall ZE2 9SG

    Received 1 Feb 2005
  22. Unknown2004/36/PCD

    Erect conservatory

    Mewsdale Bigton Shetland ZE2 9JA

    Received 12 Feb 2004
  23. Unknown2003/36/PCD

    Replace windows

    15 Charlotte Street Lerwick ZE1 0JL

    Received 3 Feb 2003
  24. Unknown2011/35/PCD

    Loft conversion to provide 2 additional bedrooms

    19 Sundhamar Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0WJ

    Received 16 Feb 2011

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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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