Planning application
Land West Of The Puffin Building Fair Isle Shetland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Install 25 Temporary accommodation cabins, new septic tank system and temporary Electricity Supply Unit comprising 2 Generators, Battery pack and Slave tank.
As published by the council, reference 2025/308/PPF
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/308/PPF
- Type
- Planning Permission Full
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 16 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 17 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2026
- Parish
- DUNROSSNESS
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Shetland Islands register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/308/DCON Awaiting decision
Land West Of The Puffin Building Fair Isle Shetland
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 04 (Archaeology Method Statement) & Condition 8 (Road video survey) of planning application 2025/308/PPF.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Dec 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
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17 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Mar 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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2025/308/DCON Awaiting decision
Land West Of The Puffin Building Fair Isle Shetland
Application for consent, agreement or approval required by planning Condition: 04 (Archaeology Method Statement) & Condition 8 (Road video survey) of planning application 2025/308/PPF.
- Scottishbuildingwarrant: BW/2026/041 (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
- ECOLOGY REPORT FOR THE AREA
- BUNKABIN CABIN LAYOUT
- EXISTING LAYOUT OF THE SITE WITH RED LINE BOUNDARY SHOWN
- UPDATED LOCATION PLAN
- PLAN VIEW OF THE CABINS
- ELEVATION OF CABINS LAYOUT
- UPDATED PLAN OF THE PUFFIN BUILDING
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT FOR THE SITE
- UPDATED DRAINAGE PLAN
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- FLOOD DRAINAGE - COMMENTS
- NATURAL HERITAGE - COMMENTS
- DUNROSSNESS CC - COMMENTS
- APPLICATION SUMMARY PDF
- APPLICATION PDF
- FLOOD DRAINAGE - COMMENTS
- ARCHAEOLOGIST - COMMENTS
- NATURE SCOT - COMMENTS
- SCOTTISH WATER - COMMENTS
- CC CORRESPONDENCE
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- ROADS TRAFFIC - COMMENTS
- ARCHAEOLOGY REPORT
- OUTDOOR ACCESS - COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - COMMENTS
- REVISED LAND OWNERSHIP FORMS
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT FOR THE SITE
- BIOSECURITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE APPLICATION
- DESIGN STATEMENT
- DRAINAGE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
- FAIR ISLE EXISTING ROAD DILAPIDATION SURVEY
- LAND AROUND PUFFIN FAIR ISLE
- NATURE SCOTT EMAIL CONFIRMATION
- APPLICATION PDF
- STATEMENT FOR THE PLANNED WORKS TO THE PUFFIN BUILDING
- TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ACCOMMODATION
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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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