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Swarta Skerry Dury Voe Shetland Islands

Granted Shetland Islands 2023/004/PAM Prior Approval Marine

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for prior approval under class 21A, 21B & 21C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To modify an existing fish farm by replacing 12 x 100m-circumference cages with 9 x 120m-circumference cages, to change the feed barge and position it in a new position and to change the top net system to pole-supported top nets.

As published by the council, reference 2023/004/PAM

Application record

Reference
2023/004/PAM
Type
Prior Approval Marine
Status
Pending Consideration
Decision
Prior Approval Required- Granted
Received
2 Mar 2023
Validated
2 Mar 2023
Decided
26 Apr 2023

Site history

Applications at this address on the Shetland Islands register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2022/029/MPN Granted

    Swarta Skerry Dury Voe Shetland Islands

    Application for prior approval under class 21A, 21B, 21C & 21G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To modify an existing fish farm by replacing 12 x 100m-circumference cages with 5 x 160m-circumference cages, to change the feed barge and position it in a new position, to change the top net system to pole-supported top nets and to change the deployed moorings locations.

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Mar 2023

    Received by Shetland Islands

  2. 26 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Required- Granted

  3. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Shetland Islands granted permission on 26 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Swarta Skerry Dury Voe

    2021/018/MPN Submitted 6 Aug 2021 4m away

    Application for Prior Notification under Class 21B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To replace an existing feed barge with a feed barge of a different size in the same location as the existing barge

    Granted Prior approval 8 docs

  • Swarta Skerry Dury Voe Shetland Islands

    2022/029/MPN Submitted 6 Dec 2022 4m away

    Application for prior approval under class 21A, 21B, 21C & 21G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended): To modify an existing fish farm by replacing 12 x 100m-circumference cages with 5 x 160m-circumference cages, to change the feed barge and position it in a new position, to change the top net system to pole-supported top nets and to change the deployed moorings locations.

    Granted Prior approval 25 docs

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