Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Training Centre Sumburgh Airport Virkie Shetland Islands ZE3 9JP Data via plota.co.uk

2025/309/PPF - Planning Permission Full Pending Consideration

Proposal

Replacement of the existing 2-storey training cabin and installation of an additional welfare unit and airing cage and external waiting shelter. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Sept 2026, 12:26

Application progress

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Received

16 Dec 2025

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Validated

13 Feb 2026

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Consultation

18 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 13 Apr 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 1 Sept 2026; it is now day 211. The consultation period closed on 1 Sept 2026.

Documents 13

Site constraints 2

Special protection area 123 m away: Sumburgh Head

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

SSSI 415 m away: Pool of Virkie.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Shetlands
Application type: Planning Permission Full
Postcode: ZE3 9JP
Received: 16 Dec 2025
Validated: 13 Feb 2026
Ward: Dunrossness
Parish: DUNROSSNESS
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Apr 2026
Agent: AtkinsR�alis

Decision outlook

Day 211, past the statutory target. 87% of full applications in Shetlands are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 211155 days past the 56-day target

49%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

65decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Shetlands in the last twelve months, from validation. Shetlands decision record →