Sand House/Cottage Lower Hillside Gulberwick Shetland
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Grant subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions
Proposal
Demolish Existing 4 Bedroom House and garage. Construct new storey and half, 4-Bedroom house with separate garage and ASHP.
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- Ward
- Gulberwick, Quarff & Cunningsburgh
- Agent
- MALCOLMSON ARCHITECTS
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 72 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Sand House/Cottage Lower Hillside Gulberwick Shetland. Shetlands has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 5 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
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 2 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 March 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
- 62 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Source: Shetlands
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