Planning application
Fair Isle Channel, Shetland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of existing Works Licence 2025/007/WL for the installation of a subsea fibre optic telecommunication cable system, to enable post-installation rock placement protection at the Shetland HVDC link cable crossing location (59° 40' 2.34" N, 001° 48' 23.88" W)
As published by the council, reference 2025/018/WL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/018/WL
- Type
- Works Licence
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 11 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2025
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Shetland Islands register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/007/NMVWL Granted
Fair Isle Channel, Shetland
Non-Material Variation to Works Licence 2025/007/WL: to encase up to 56m of the Aurora subsea fibre-optic telecommunications cable in Uraduct at the SHEFA-2 cable crossing location (between 059° 34.8139' N 001° 12.8325' W and 059° 34.8040' N 001° 12.7764' W)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Sep 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
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16 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
- ADMIRALTY CHART
- EA REPORT FIGURES
- SITE PLAN
- EA REPORT
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- DECISION LETTER
- DECISION LETTER
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - COMMUNITY COUNCIL DUNROSSNESS
- AUTHORITY'S RESPONSE RE APPLICATION UPDATE
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - NATURESCOT
- APPLICANT'S EMAIL RE ADVERT
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - NLB
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - FERRY OPERATIONS
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - PORTS AND HARBOURS
- APPLICATION FORM
- COVER EMAIL
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Shetland Islands granted permission on 17 December 2025, 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.
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