Planning application
Sand House/Cottage Lower Hillside Gulberwick Shetland
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolish Existing 4 Bedroom House and garage. Construct new storey and half, 4-Bedroom house with separate garage and ASHP.
As published by the council, reference 2025/312/PPF
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/312/PPF
- Type
- Planning Permission Full
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant subject to conditions
- Received
- 17 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 17 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 27 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Gulberwick, Quarff & Cunningsburgh
- Parish
- GULBERWICK, QUARFF & CUNNINGSBURGH
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Dec 2025
Received by Shetland Islands
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27 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Grant subject to conditions
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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- Scottishbuildingwarrant: BW/2026/075 (Pending Consideration)
Who's behind it
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Malcolmson Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Scalloway
Active · incorporated 2017 · Scalloway
42 applications on PlanIndex · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- BIODIVERSITY STATEMENT
- PROPOSED PLANS SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS
- ASHP
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE
- PROPOSED SITE
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- APPLICATION PDF - REVISED INFO
- FLOOD DRAINAGE - COMMENTS
- GULBERWICK, QUARFF, CUNNINGSBURGH CC - COMMENTS
- ROADS TRAFFIC - COMMENTS
- SCOTTISH WATER - COMMENTS
- SITE PLANS -PROPOSED AND EXISTING
- APPLICATION PDF
- SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT
- ROADS TRAFFIC - COMMENTS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- INTERIOR IMAGES
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Shetland Islands granted permission on 27 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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