Planning application
Site Swinister Sandwick Shetland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
To build a new 2 bedroom residential property with integral garage and separate shed for a workshop.
As published by the council, reference 2025/300/PPP
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/300/PPP
- Type
- Planning Permission in Principle
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Sandwick
- Parish
- SANDWICK
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
2 Dec 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
-
11 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions
-
28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- A LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- COMMUNITY COUNCIL CONSULTATION RESPONSE
- SCOTTISH WATER - COMMENTS
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- CONSULTANT RESPONSE - ROADS TRAFFIC
- FLOOD/DRAINAGE COMMENTS
- APPLICATION PDF
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Shetland Islands granted permission on 11 March 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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