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663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Morrisons 215 King Street Aberdeen AB24 5DA
Received Not published60 Queen's Road Aberdeen AB15 4YE
Received Not published60 Queen's Road Aberdeen AB15 4YE
Received Not published49 Union Street Aberdeen AB11 5BN
Received Not published49 Union Street Aberdeen AB11 5BN
Received Not published17 Craigie Park Aberdeen AB25 2SE
Received Not published220 Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1TL
Received Not published220 Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1TL
Received Not publishedUnit F Marischal Square Upperkirkgate Aberdeen
Received Not publishedNether Anguston Farmhouse Anguston Road Aberdeen AB14 0PN
Received Not published18 Colthill Crescent Aberdeen AB13 0EG
Received Not publishedGarth Lodge Inchgarth Road Aberdeen AB15 9NX
Received Not publishedCormack Park Land At West Kingsford (North Of The A944 Road) Skene Road Aberdeen AB15 8QR
Received Not published3 Fonthill Gardens East Aberdeen AB11 7US
Received Not publishedBowdun Offshore Wind Farm 38 Kilometres To The East Of The Aberdeenshire Coast
Received Not published319 Great Western Road Aberdeen AB10 6PP
Received Not publishedAberdeen Wood Centre 15 St Machar Road Aberdeen AB24 3YJ
Received Not published64 Albury Road Aberdeen AB11 6TL
Received Not published25 Woodburn Avenue Aberdeen AB15 8JQ
Received Not published33 St Swithin Street Aberdeen AB10 6XL
Received Not published35-37 St Swithin Street Aberdeen AB10 6XL
Received Not publishedBasement Floor Right 63 Erskine Street Aberdeen AB24 3NR
Received Not publishedFlat E 79 Whitehall Place Aberdeen AB25 2PD
Received Not published80 Laurel Avenue Aberdeen AB22 8QJ
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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