Planning application
Entrance to rear of St Olafs Church
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Install a new underground electricity cable to provide power to listed building St Olafs Church( LB18649) to replace overhead line, as part of undergrounding works related to Cullivoe road widening Scheme, Under Class 40 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended)
As published by the council, reference 2026/086/CLUP
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/086/CLUP
- Type
- Certificate of lawful proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted Development
- Received
- 23 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 23 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jun 2026
- Parish
- YELL
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Apr 2026
Received by Shetland Islands
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3 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Permitted Development
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28 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLING
- CLUP DECISION NOTICE
- APPLICATION PDF
- A LOCATION PLAN
- PLAN OF UNDERGROUND CABLE ROUTE AT 1_500
- PHOTO OF REAR OF BUILDING SHOWING DETAILS OF NEW PROPOSED CABLE
- PHOTO OF CHURCH AND GROUNDS
- PHOTO OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS
- SIGNED WAYLEAVE FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Shetland Islands granted permission on 3 June 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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