Thank you for your email received today and I acknowledge receipt of your request for information.
You will receive a response from the Council as quickly as possible, but within 20 working days.
If you do not receive a response by 26 June 2023, please contact me.

Regards, M Robertson

Marie Robertson

Committee Assistant
Shetland Islands Council
Governance & Law
Corporate Services Department
8 North Ness Business Park
Lerwick | Shetland |01595 744553

Dear Jamie

I refer to your freedom of information request of 26 May 2023. The number of empty (unoccupied) homes in Shetland are noted below:-

05 April 2019 - 965
05 April 2020 - 987
05 April 2021 - 962
05 April 2022 - 957
05 April 2023 - 1022

I trust that this response meets your request. However, if you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Council has dealt with your request for information then you may ask the authority to review its actions and decisions in relation to your request, by submitting a formal appeal. The process for lodging appeals is set out in the attached leaflet.

Yours sincerely

Jayne Irvine
Business Support Assistant

Shetland Islands Council
Executive Services
Office Headquarters
8 North Ness Business Park
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0LZ

Ref. FOI 14269

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