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663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Albert Street Aberdeen AB25 1XQ
Received Not publishedANCHOR Centre Foresterhill Health Campus Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen
Received Not publishedPhase 2D Riverside Quarter Bucksburn Aberdeen
Received Not publishedO/S 89 St Ronan's Drive Aberdeen AB14 0RJ
Received Not published19 Buckie Grove Aberdeen AB22 8DL
Received Not published93 Rosehill Drive Aberdeen AB24 4JS
Received Not publishedWillow Bank 148 Victoria Street Dyce Aberdeen AB21 7BE
Received Not publishedRoadside Cottage Newton Dee North Deeside Road Bieldside Aberdeen AB15 9DX
Received Not published27 Springfield Road Aberdeen AB15 7RJ
Received Not published191 Craigton Road Aberdeen AB15 7UB
Received Not publishedUnit 1 And 2 Lang Stracht Aberdeen AB16 6TX
Received Not publishedBroomfold Blacktop Road Aberdeen AB15 8SS
Received Not publishedThe Fathers House Caroline Place Aberdeen AB25 2TH
Received Not publishedRoyal Cornhill Hospital Berryden Road And 7-49 Berryden Road Aberdeen
Received Not publishedTree Adjacent To Northern Boundary Wall Of May Baird Wynd Aberdeen
Received Not published2 Caroline Place Aberdeen AB25 2TH
Received Not published30 Craigie Park Aberdeen AB25 2SE
Received Not publishedUniversity Of Aberdeen Zoology Building Tillydrone Avenue Aberdeen AB24 2TN
Received Not published8 Albert Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XY
Received Not published8 Albert Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XY
Received Not published8A Albert Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XY
Received Not publishedTelecommunications Site At Exchequer House Exchequer Row Aberdeen AB11 5BW
Received Not published205 Gordon's Mills Road Aberdeen AB24 2XS
Received Not published580 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 7LJ
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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