Shetland Islands planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Shetland Islands Council, updated daily. Shetland Islands Council received 71 planning applications in the last 90 days, 7 of them major schemes. 100% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 51 days.
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Recent applications in Shetland Islands
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Neshion Energy Park Land To East Of Sullom Voe Oil Terminal Mossbank Shetland
8-turbine wind farm with battery storage, Section 36 consultation stage. 200m tip-height generation and grid-scale energy storage requires foundation works, electrical infrastructure, and heavy-lift logistics. Specialist subcontractors: groundworks, electrical installation, concrete foundations…
GroundworksStructural frameM&E
Former Raf Site Games Court Haroldswick Unst Shetland ZE2 9TJ
23-unit modular accommodation scheme, full permission granted. Temporary five-year residential development with self-contained units and support infrastructure. Groundworks, structural frame, M&E and drainage procurement opportunity.
GroundworksStructural frameM&E
Lerwick Hotel 15 South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RB
Hotel bedroom wing replacement: demolish 2-storey, build 3-storey. Full planning for commercial demolition and new construction with SUDs and landscaping. Structural frame, groundworks, brickwork, roofing and M&E procurement opportunity.
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Brough Lodge Fetlar Shetland
Hotel conversion of existing lodge and outbuildings. Change of use from domestic to hotel with fabric upgrade, new services, septic tank installation, and access/parking works. M&E, drainage, structural repair and hard landscaping trades required.
Structural repairM&EDrainage
Brough Lodge Fetlar Shetland
Hotel conversion of Brough Lodge and outbuildings with infrastructure works. Change of use from domestic to hotel, including fabric restoration, new services, upgraded access and parking.
Structural repairM&EDrainage
Plot Adjacent Port Business Park Lerwick Shetland
Shunt reactor electrical infrastructure with perimeter fencing and utility installation. Installation of 2.4m security fencing, CCTV and lighting columns, shunt reactor, and oil interceptor sump at Port Business Park. Groundworks, fencing, electrical works and drainage services.
GroundworksM&EDrainage
Former Raf Site Games Court Haroldswick Unst Shetland ZE2 9TJ
Mission Control Centre and five support buildings, Unst. Two-storey operations facility with security cabin, toilet block, ground stations and perimeter infrastructure on a former RAF site, at full application stage. Structural frame, cladding, specialist M&E for comms/control systems, and security…
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Former Raf Site Haroldswick Unst Shetland ZE2 9TJ
9-unit modular accommodation scheme, full permission granted. Temporary 5-year erection of self-contained modular units with support infrastructure on former RAF site. Modular construction, groundworks and M&E fit-out present opportunity for specialist suppliers.
GroundworksStructural frameM&E
Brough Lodge Fetlar Shetland
Historic lodge conversion to small hotel with fabric restoration. Listed building consent for change of use, structural repairs, services installation and alterations across main building and outbuildings. Hotel fit-out demands structural repair, M&E, roofing and facade work on a heritage asset.
Structural repairRoofingFaçade repair
Lee Of Burrafirth, Aith Voe
Fish farm modification at Aith Voe, Shetland, under prior notification. Replaces 10 existing cages with 8 larger units, new barge, pole-supported top nets and updated moorings at permitted-development stage. Marine engineering, cage fabrication and mooring works drive the procurement.
Structural frameSteelHard landscaping
4B Reform Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DQ
Commercial office converting to one dwelling with extension, Lerwick. One home created from an existing office unit with a rear extension and window replacement at full application stage. Fit-out, rewiring, plumbing and new kitchens and bathrooms drive the work, alongside roofing and brickwork for…
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Coastguard Station Knab Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AX
28m lattice radio mast erection with 7 folded dipole and long wire antennas. Replacement telecommunications infrastructure at Coastguard Station, full planning consent required. Steel fabrication, foundation work, and specialist antenna installation for radio/comms operatives.
GroundworksSteelM&E
Lochend Croft Isbister Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AJ
Single glamping pod with access and boundary works, Whalsay. Erects a tourist accommodation pod on 0.1 hectare with vehicular access, fencing, screening and drainage at full application stage. Site infrastructure, drainage and external works suit landscape and civils contractors, with specialist…
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
Area Of Land Between Upper Glebe, Fullaburn And Football Pitch Bressay
12m × 4m community polycrub with accessible paths, Bressay. New free-standing structure on 0.64 ha site for community use, at full application stage. Groundworks, foundations and lightweight cladding packages suit local contractors; paths and drainage complete the scope.
GroundworksStructural frameCladding
Rose Cottage, Baltasound, Unst. Shetland
Single-storey house replacement with workshop, Unst. Demolishes existing cottage and builds one new detached home plus a separate storage building, with air-source heat pump and extended access at full application. Groundworks, structural frame, roofing, heat-pump installation and landscaping suit…
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Planning appeals in Shetland Islands Council
Shetland Islands Council is not in England, so the Planning Inspectorate does not decide its planning appeals. They are decided by Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA). SiteLens holds that body’s own record, read against that nation’s rate instead.
SiteLens is still collecting the DPEA's record, so a rate now would reflect which parts have been collected, not how Shetland Islands Council fares.
Source: the DPEA's own published case record. Still being collected, so the counts are a floor.
Shetland Islands Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other100% (55 decided)
- householder100% (43 decided)
- infrastructure100% (17 decided)
- agricultural100% (13 decided)
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