Planning application
Huws Gray Ltd Freefield Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
To realign existing Core Path; stopping up of Freefield Road and erection of security fencing and gates.
As published by the council, reference 2025/242/PPF
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/242/PPF
- Type
- Planning Permission Full
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 18 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Lerwick
- Parish
- LERWICK
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ZE1 0NH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Sep 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
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22 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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2025/242/DCON1 Awaiting decision
Buildbase Freefield Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0NH
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 03 (realigned Core Path) of planning application 2025/242/PPF.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Huws Gray Ltd Applicant, registered in Llangefni
Active · incorporated 1990 · Llangefni
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PHOTO SCHEDULE
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- PATH MAINTENANCE CONFIRMATION
- OUTDOOR ACCESS - COMMENTS
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - OUTDOOR ACCESS OFFICER
- REPRESENTATION - SHETLAND AMENITY TRUST
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - DRAINAGE
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- CONSULTATION RESPONSE - ROADS
- COVER LETTER
- FENCING DATA SHEET
- APPLICATION FORM
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Shetland Islands granted permission on 12 February 2026, 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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