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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
12,033Searchable applications
150Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 9,170 approved or refused records
163Refused applications

9,007 approved · 163 refused · 372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 BuildingLocal plan Pre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation Areas

Council contacts

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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
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. Decided2000/085/SS

    No proposal recorded

    East Isles, Whalsay

    Received 15 Dec 2000
  2. Decided2000/084/SS

    No proposal recorded

    Taing of Kelswick

    Received 15 Dec 2000
  3. Decided2000/080/SS

    No proposal recorded

    Adjacent to Usta Ness

    Received 12 Dec 2000
  4. Decided2000/061/SS

    No proposal recorded

    South Havra Site 2

    Received 31 Oct 2000
  5. Decided2000/057/SS

    No proposal recorded

    Burra Ness

    Received 31 Oct 2000
  6. Decided2000/064/SS

    No proposal recorded

    Swarbacks, west of Papa Little

    Received 7 Nov 2000
  7. Decided2003/097/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    East of Wadbister Ness, Laxfirth

    Received 9 May 2003
  8. Decided2003/096/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    Hawksness, Laxfirth Voe

    Received 9 May 2003
  9. Decided2003/095/NS

    To develop ( Mussel) site

    Bight of Stavaness, Dury Voe

    Received 9 May 2003
  10. Decided2003/094/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    Collifield Baas, Dury Voe

    Received 9 May 2003
  11. Decided2003/093/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    N.W Green Isle, Dury Voe

    Received 9 May 2003
  12. Decided2003/062/VF

    To vary finfish licence ( p13/7/1(B,C,D) by increasing cage no., chaning cage type, move/relocate site and by amalgamation of sites

    Setter

    Received 14 Feb 2003
  13. Decided2003/061/VF

    To vary finfish licence ( 2001/110/NF) by move/relocate site

    Swarbacks, West of Papa Little

    Received 3 Apr 2003
  14. Decided2003/060/VF

    To vary finfish licence (2001/013/TF) by changing species from Sea Trout to Mussels

    The Firth (North), Bixter

    Received 2 Apr 2003
  15. Decided2003/059/VF

    To vary finfish licence ( 2001/014/TF) by changing species from Sea Trout to Mussesls

    The Firth (South), Bixter

    Received 2 Apr 2003
  16. Decided2003/058/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    The innins, queyfirth

    Received 3 Feb 2003
  17. Decided2003/057/NS

    To develop (Mussel) Site

    Ola's Ness, Collafirth

    Received 3 Feb 2003
  18. Decided2003/056/NS

    To develop ( Mussel) site

    Arvi Taing, Collafirth

    Received 3 Feb 2003
  19. Decided2003/055/NS

    To develop (Mussel) Site

    The Lother, Glussvoe

    Received 3 Feb 2003
  20. Unknown2003/054/TS

    To transfer existing licence (2000/005/TS) from (Blaaskjell LTd) to (East Voe Shellfish)

    North Clift Sound

    Received 1 Apr 2003
  21. Decided2003/053/NF

    To develop (Salmon) site

    Holms of Uyeasound

    Received 20 Mar 2003
  22. Decided2003/042/NC

    To construct and install septic tank outflow pipe

    The Point, Whitesness, Walls

    Received 10 Mar 2003
  23. Decided2003/041/NS

    To develop (Mussel) site

    South of Ness of Bixter

    Received 6 Mar 2003
  24. Decided2003/040/NC

    To construct site barge

    North Flotta

    Received 6 Mar 2003

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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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