81 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AD
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Demolition of roof and first floor of existing extension and construction of new mono-pitch roof to extension. Repair and reinstatement of existing damaged blockwork and external finishes.
- Received
- 13 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- Ward
- Lerwick
- Agent
- McLennan Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated15 Aug
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 84 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 81 Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AD. Shetlands has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 7 weeks longer than Shetlands's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Lerwick. We hold 85 applications in total for the ZE1 postcode area.
99% of full applications at Shetland Islands Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ZE1 0AD
- Application type
- Planning Permission Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- LERWICK
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 15 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 6 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- McLennan Architects
- Agent address
- 3 Gateway Court Dalmarnock Glasgow United Kingdom G40 4DS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Marianna Porter
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 75
Site constraints
Associated applications
- 202513 Aug
Demolition of roof and first floor of existing extension and construction of new mono-pitch roof to…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2025/209/LBC - 202513 Aug
Demolition of roof and first floor of existing extension and construction of new mono-pitch roof to…
This applicationApprovedFull2025/210/PPF
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Shetlands
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