Soothend Storage Unit Cunningsburgh Industrial Estate Cunningsburgh Shetland
Approved on 14 January 2026
Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Change of Use from Workshop/Office/Storage Shed to Gymnastics Facility (Class 11 Assembly & Leisure).
- Received
- 8 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- Ward
- Gulberwick, Quarff & Cunningsburgh
- Agent
- MALCOLMSON ARCHITECTS
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation23 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 96 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Soothend Storage Unit Cunningsburgh Industrial Estate Cunningsburgh Shetland. Shetlands has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 9 weeks longer than Shetlands's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Gulberwick, Quarff & Cunningsburgh.
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
- Application type
- Planning Permission Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- GULBERWICK, QUARFF & CUNNINGSBURGH
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MALCOLMSON ARCHITECTS
- Architect profile
- MALCOLMSON ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Old Bank Building Main Street Scalloway United Kingdom ZE1 0TR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 28
Site constraints
Source: Shetlands
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