Planning application
Flat 5 17 Hillhead Lerwick Shetland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from former take-away restaurant / basement level store into self contained dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 2025/233/PPF
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/233/PPF
- Type
- Planning Permission Full
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 15 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Lerwick
- Parish
- LERWICK
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ZE1 0EJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
15 Sep 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
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16 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions
-
28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Scottishbuildingwarrant: BW/2025/099 (Building Work Started)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Macaulay Miller Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Shetland
Active · incorporated 2020 · Shetland
23 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- DECISION NOTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMENTS
- CONSULTANT RESPONSE - ARCHAEOLOGY
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - SCOTTISH WATER
- REPRESENTATION - E. STRACHAN
- EDINBURGH GAZETTE ADVERT
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - DRAINAGE
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - ROADS
- SITE PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Shetland Islands granted permission on 18 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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