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Shetland Islands planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Shetland Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Shetland Islands website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
11,722Searchable applications
149Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 8,962 approved or refused records
161Refused applications

8,801 approved · 161 refused · 370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jun 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas3 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected

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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. Decided2009/042/VF

    To site one 100m-circumference cage at an existing marine fish farm, South of Holm of Heogland, Uyeasound, Unst

    South of Holm, Uyeasound, Unst

    Received 30 Nov 2009
  2. Decided2009/041/NC

    To construct a pipeline for the purpose of exporting treated dry gas from landfall at Firths Voe through Yell Sound to limit of territorial waters and associated temporary 200m causeway at Firths Voe as part of the Laggan-Tormore gas condensate developmen

    Received 8 Oct 2009
  3. Decided2009/037/VF

    To modify an existing marine salmon farm by changing site size, location and orientation, West of Linga, Yell Sound

    West of Linga

    Received 19 Aug 2009
  4. Decided2009/036/VF

    To modify an existing marine fish farm by amending cages to ten 90m-circumference cages and by changing the feed barge, Easter Score Holm, Scalloway Islands

    Easter Score Holm, Scalloway Islands

    Received 4 Aug 2009
  5. Unknown2009/035/VF

    To site a feed barge at an existing marine fish farm, Bight of Fora Ness, South Yell Sound

    Bight of Fora Ness

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  6. Unknown2009/034/VF

    To modify an existing marine salmon farm by amending cages to six 90m-circumference cages and by siting a feed barge, NE of Ness of Noonsbrough, Clousta (retrospective)

    NE of Ness of Noonsbrough, Clousta

    Received 29 Jul 2009
  7. Decided2009/030/VF

    To modify an existing marine salmon farm by altering cage/grid configuration, Winna Ness (Site B), Uyea, Uyeasound, Unst

    Winna Ness

    Received 8 Jun 2009
  8. Unknown2009/029/NF

    To develop a new salmon farm

    Hamnavoe, Lunnaness

    Received 16 Jun 2009
  9. Unknown2009/028/NS

    To develop a new mussel farm, Stany Pund, Whale Firth, Yell

    Stany Pund, Whalefirth, Yell

    Received 9 Jun 2009
  10. Unknown2009/027/NS

    To develop a new mussel farm, Crying Taing, Whale Firth, Yell

    Crying Taing, Whalefirth, Yell

    Received 9 Jun 2009
  11. Decided2009/026/NS

    To develop a new mussel farm, Lea Cru, Whale Firth, Yell

    Lea Cru, Whalefirth, Yell

    Received 9 Jun 2009
  12. Unknown2009/025/TS

    Transfer of mussel Works Licence 2009/011/TS at Eswick, South Nesting Bay from Blueshell Mussels Ltd to Vidlin Seafarms Ltd

    Eswick, South Nesting Bay

    Received 3 Jun 2009
  13. Decided2009/024/TS

    Transfer of mussel Works Licence 2009/009/TS at Hamnavoe, Lunnaness from Blueshell Mussels Ltd to Vidlin Seafarms Ltd

    Hamnavoe, Lunnaness

    Received 3 Jun 2009
  14. Decided2008/053/VF

    To site six 100m-circumference cages and a ferry feed barge, salmon farm, South of Head of Mula, Uyeasound, Unst

    South of Head of Mula, Uyeasound, Unst

    Received 20 Nov 2008
  15. Decided2008/052/NC

    To deploy a tidal generator

    West of Ulsta, Yell Sound

    Received 7 Nov 2008
  16. Unknown2008/051/VS

    To modify an existing marine fish farm by changing production from mussels to salmon and by amending associated equipment, Bight of Bellister, Dury Voe

    Bight of Bellister, Dury Voe

    Received 14 Oct 2008
  17. Unknown2008/050/TS

    Transfer of mussel Works Licence 2003/090/NS at Bight of Bellister, Dury Voe from Johnson Shellfish Ltd to Scottish Sea Farms Ltd

    Bight of Bellister, Dury Voe

    Received 2 Oct 2008
  18. Decided2008/047/VF

    To modify an existing finfish farm by increasing the mooring containment area and by enabling deployment of six 120m-circumference cages and a feed barge, Heights, Busta Voe

    Heights

    Received 25 Aug 2008
  19. Unknown2008/046/NF

    To develop a new salmon nursery farm, Neostie Ness, West Voe, Out Skerries

    Neostie Ness, West Voe, Out Skerries

    Received 21 Aug 2008
  20. Unknown2008/045/VF

    To site a feed barge at an existing salmon farm, Bow of Hascosay, Hascosay Sound, Yell

    Bow of Hascosay, Hascosay Sound, Yell

    Received 19 Aug 2008
  21. Decided2008/041/VS

    To modify an existing mussel farm by changing length and number of longlines, and by extending the mooring containment area, The Firth (South), Bixter

    The Firth (South), Bixter

    Received 11 Jun 2008
  22. Decided2007/009/NC

    Lay a seabed telecommunications cable from Faroe to Shetland to Orkney to Banff. Shetland leg: Landing at Maywick, crossing Shetland mainland, exiting at Sandwick

    Maywick and Sandwick

    Received 26 Jan 2007
  23. Decided2007/008/VF

    Modify an existing salmon farm by amending cages to ten 100m-circumference cages and siting a feed barge, South of Linga, Yell Sound

    South of Linga

    Received 23 Jan 2007
  24. Decided2007/005/NC

    Vary existing construction works licence 2005/010/NC by amending position of breakwater and marina, Hamnavoe, Burra by Hamnavoe Waterfront Development Association

    Hamnavoe, Burra

    Received 13 Dec 2006

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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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