Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Aberdeen City. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
510 Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1TT
Received Not published477 Great Western Road Aberdeen AB10 6NN
Received Not published477 Great Western Road Aberdeen AB10 6NN
Received Not published207A Union Street Aberdeen AB11 6BA
Received Not publishedSwire House Souter Head Road Aberdeen AB12 3LF
Received Not publishedSmith's Screen/The Kirk Of St. Nicholas Colonnade Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1JZ
Received Not publishedSmith's Screen/The Kirk Of St. Nicholas Colonnade Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1JZ
Received Not published110 High Street Aberdeen AB24 3HE
Received Not published19 Ardarroch Road Aberdeen AB24 5PY
Received Not publishedCauseway View Causewayend Aberdeen AB25 3DD
Received Not published22 And 24 Kinaldie Crescent Aberdeen AB15 8HX
Received Not published82 Beechgrove Terrace Aberdeen AB15 5EY
Received Not published20 Rubislaw Den North Aberdeen AB15 4AN
Received Not publishedGray's School Of Art The Robert Gordon University Garthdee Road Aberdeen AB10 7QD
Received Not publishedSouth East Corner Of The Castlegate Castle Street Aberdeen
Received Not publishedThe Mercat Cross Castle Street Aberdeen
Received Not publishedWoodbank House North Deeside Road Cults Aberdeen AB15 9PN
Received Not published200 George Street Aberdeen AB25 1BS
Received Not published4 Albert Street Aberdeen AB25 1XQ
Received Not publishedTullos Playing Fields Girdleness Road Aberdeen
Received Not publishedUpper Floors 13 Belmont Street Aberdeen AB10 1JR
Received Not publishedBridge Of Don Baptist Church Centre Dubford Road Aberdeen AB23 8GS
Received Not published16 Derbeth Grange Aberdeen AB15 8TW
Received Not publishedSpringfield Church 185 Springfield Road Aberdeen AB15 8AA
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Aberdeen City, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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