Planning application
Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland
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Proposal
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 3 (Decommissioning, restoration and aftercare) of planning application 2023/204/MIN
As published by the council, reference 2023/204/DCON5
Application record
- Reference
- 2023/204/DCON5
- Type
- Discharge Condition
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 24 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Yell
- Parish
- YELL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Shetland Islands register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2023/204/DCON4 Awaiting decision
Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 4 (Biodiversity) of planning application 2023/204/MIN
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2023/204/DCON2 Granted
Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 6 (Control & Mitigation Dust) of planning application 2023/204/MIN
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2023/204/DCON3 Awaiting decision
Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning condition 7 (Noise & Vibration Management) of planning application 2023/204/MIN
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2023/204/NMV Granted
Gutcher Quarry Sellafirth Yell Shetland
Non-material variation to vary condition 9 of planning permission 2023/204/MIN - To change materials of first 10m of track from edge of public road to be surfaced with concrete rather than bitmac.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jun 2026
Received by Shetland Islands
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Shetland Islands took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 2023/204/DCON3 (Pending Consideration)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mott Macdonald Ltd Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1976 · London
177 applications on PlanIndex · across 43 councils · 99% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - SIC DRAINAGE
- CONDITION 3 - QUARRY EXTENSION PROPOSAL
- CONDITION 3 - RESTORATION SITE SECTIONS
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Shetland Islands for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Shetland Islands decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 29 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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