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663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hamilton Place Aberdeen AB15 4BH
Received Not published8 Hamilton Place Aberdeen AB15 4BH
Received Not published52 Cairnwell Drive Aberdeen AB16 5RU
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The North Of Persley Wastewater Treatment Plant Upper Persley Road Aberdeen AB22 8AT
Received Not publishedFlat C 384 King Street Aberdeen AB24 3BQ
Received Not publishedKildonan Guest House 410 Great Western Road Aberdeen AB10 6NR
Received Not publishedQueens Link Leisure Park Car Park Aberdeen AB24 5EN
Received Not publishedEarlswells House Cairnlee Road Aberdeen AB15 9BP
Received Not published31 Belvidere Street Aberdeen AB25 2QS
Received Not published20 Rubislaw Den North Aberdeen AB15 4AN
Received Not published34A, 34B And 36 College Bounds Aberdeen AB24 3DS
Received Not published56 Auchmill Road Aberdeen AB21 9LD
Received Not published40 Gordon Street Aberdeen AB11 6EW
Received Not publishedMorven North Offshore Wind Array Approximately 61 Km Off The Aberdeenshire Coast
Received Not publishedMorven South Offshore Wind Array Approximately 86 Km Off The Aberdeenshire Coast
Received Not published20 Queen's Road Aberdeen AB15 4ZT
Received Not published175 King Street Aberdeen AB24 5AE
Received Not publishedGrassed Verge Riverview Drive Dyce Aberdeen AB21 7AZ
Received Not published1 Maidencraig Walk Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB15 6BX
Received Not published101 Craigievar Crescent Aberdeen AB10 7DQ
Received Not published61 Springbank Terrace Aberdeen AB11 6JZ
Received Not published3 Dominies Road Aberdeen AB16 5ED
Received Not published82 Tillydrone Avenue Aberdeen AB24 2TN
Received Not published10 The Academy Belmont Street Aberdeen AB10 1LB
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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