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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

11,989Searchable applications

150Recorded as pending

98%Approval rate · 9,140 approved or refused records

163Refused applications

8,977 approved · 163 refused · 371 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Apr 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Unknown2001/137/NS
No proposal recorded
South Wick, Cullivoe
Received 18 Sept 2001
Decided2001/132/NS
No proposal recorded
Skerry of Slyde
Received 10 Sept 2001
Decided2001/135/NS
To develop scallop farm, Ness of Brough, Fetlar
Ness of Brough, Fetlar
Received 11 Sept 2001
Decided2001/134/NF
To develop salmon farm site, Ness of Snarborough, Fetlar
Ness of Snabrough, Fetlar
Received 11 Sept 2001
Decided2001/133/NS
No proposal recorded
Papil Bay, Bluemull Sound
Received 11 Sept 2001
Decided2001/131/NF
No proposal recorded
Ness of Copister
Received 7 Sept 2001
Decided2001/130/NF
No proposal recorded
Wick of Gossabrough
Received 7 Sept 2001
Decided2001/129/NS
No proposal recorded
E of Isle of West Burrafirth
Received 4 Sept 2001
Decided2001/128/VS
No proposal recorded
Urafirth
Received 4 Sept 2001
Decided2001/092/NS
No proposal recorded
Tangi Voe, Papa
Received 28 Aug 2001
Decided2001/091/NS
No proposal recorded
East of Oxna
Received 28 Aug 2001
Decided2001/090/NF
To develop new finfish (salmon) site, East of South Havra, Burra
South Havra
Received 27 Aug 2001
Decided2001/089/VS
No proposal recorded
Gerrataing
Received 22 Aug 2001
Decided2000/086/SS
No proposal recorded
Point of Feorwick
Received 15 Dec 2000
Decided2001/045/VS
No proposal recorded
Lang Sound
Received 30 Mar 2001
Decided2001/044/SS
No proposal recorded
Hamna Voe
Received 1 Mar 2001
Decided2001/043/NF
No proposal recorded
Fish Hom
Received 28 Mar 2002
Decided2001/042/NC
To lay two concrete-coated steel pipelines between the 12 mile territorial sea limit to a landfall at Orka Voe beach
Orka Voe
Received 28 Mar 2001
Decided2001/040/NF
To develop Seatrout site
Mara Ness
Received 26 Mar 2001
Decided2001/039/TS
To transfer existing licence 2001/008/V/S from K. Henry to M. Henry
Holm of East Burrafirth, Aith Voe
Received 22 Mar 2001
Decided2001/038/NS
To develop shellfish site
Maraness
Received 21 Mar 2001
Decided2001/037/VF
To vary finfish licence 99/046/V/F (relocation of cages) East of Hildasay, Scalloway
East of Hildasay, Scalloway
Received 20 Mar 2001
Decided2001/127/NS
No proposal recorded
North of Hildasay
Received 4 Sept 2001
Decided2001/126/NS
No proposal recorded
Site 2 Score Holm (Lunga Skerries)
Received 4 Sept 2001

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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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