Plot Symbister Whalsay Shetland
Approved on 23 January 2026
Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions
Proposal
Proposed demolition of existing agricultural outbuilding and erection of new two bedroom dwellinghouse with decking, with parking and associated services including change of use to private garden land from agricultural land and air source heat pump.
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- Ward
- Whalsay
- Agent
- PJP Architects LLP
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation23 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 99 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Plot Symbister Whalsay Shetland. Shetlands has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 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 3 applications across Whalsay.
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
- WHALSAY
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PJP Architects LLP
- Agent address
- 4 North Ness Business Park Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0LZ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Brett Taylor
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Source: Shetlands
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