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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
Aberdeen City
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Aberdeen City. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,000Searchable applications
219Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 708 approved or refused records
45Refused applications
663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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.
More application records
- Approved260714/DPP
Change of use of flat to short-term let accommodation with maximum occupancy of 3 people
Second Floor Right 39 Union Grove Aberdeen AB10 6SD
Received Not published - Determined260715/TEL
Installation of 1no 8M and 1no 9M high telecommunication poles
Site At Rear Side Of 7 Darroch Park And 13-16 Darroch Park Cults Aberdeen AB15 9HE
Received Not published - Determined260716/TEL
Installation of 2no 9M high telecommunication poles
Site At 2 Cairnlee Road East And Rear Of 43 Cairnlee Crescent Cult Aberdeen AB15 9TH
Received Not published - Determined260717/TEL
Installation of 2no 7M high telecommunication poles
Site At 28 Abbotshall Terrace And 22 Abbotshall Walk Cults AB15 9JP
Received Not published - Determined260718/TEL
Installation of 2no 9M high telecommunication poles
O/S 5 And 7 Binghill Road
Received Not published - Determined260719/TEL
Installation of 1no 9M and 1no 8M high telecommunication poles
O/S 4 Kirk Drive And 58-60 Kirk Brae Cults Aberdeen AB15 9RQ
Received Not published - Determined260720/TEL
Proposed installation of 1no 8m high telecommunication pole
Opposite 2 Quarry Road Cults Aberdeen AB15 9EX
Received Not published - Determined260721/TEL
Proposed installation of 1no 8m high telecommunication pole
34 Craig Gardens Aberdeen AB15 9TN
Received Not published - Determined260722/TEL
Proposed installation of 1no 8m high telecommunication pole
O/S 80 Kirk Brae Cults Aberdeen AB15 9QR
Received Not published - Determined260724/TEL
Installation of one 8 metre, one 11 metre and one 9 metre high telecommunication poles. (BT)
Site At 14 And 63 Abbotshall Drive And 288 Abbotshall Place Cults AB15 9JJ
Received Not published - Determined260725/TEL
Installation of 3no 8M high telecommunication poles
Site At 31,35,37 Binghill Road Hill Farm Cults AB13 0JA
Received Not published - Approved260726/DPP
Installation of a temporary Rubb shed
Enermech House Howes Road Aberdeen AB16 7AG
Received Not published - Approved260727/DPP
Formation of first floor extension above an existing single storey extension with flue to side and rear
81 Maidencraig Drive Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB15 6BQ
Received Not published - Refused260729/LBC
Erection of security hoarding (retrospective)
2 Queen's Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XL
Received Not published - Refused260731/DPP
Change of use of flat to short-term let accommodation with maximum occupancy of 4 people
Flat E 343 Union Street Aberdeen AB11 6BS
Received Not published - Approved260732/DPP
Alterations to existing garage to form utility room
5 Airyhall Avenue Aberdeen AB15 7QP
Received Not published - Approved260733/ADV
installation of 1 illuminated fascia sign. (Kincorth Dental Practice)
Unit 4 Kincorth Shopping Arcade Provost Watt Drive Aberdeen AB12 5BT
Received Not published - Determined260734/TEL
Installation of 1no 9M high telecommunication pole
O/S 15 South Avenue Cults Aberdeen AB15 9LQ
Received Not published - Determined260737/TEL
Installation of 1no 9M and 1no 8M high telecommunication poles
Sites Near 36 Quarry Road And 21 Netherby Road Cults Aberdeen AB15 9TP
Received Not published - Determined260738/TEL
Installation of 1no 9M and 1no 7M high telecommunication poles
O/s 22 Cults Avenue And 3 Kirk Crescent North Aberdeen AB15 9RP
Received Not published - Determined260739/TEL
Installation of 1no 9M high telecommunication pole
O/S 74 Prospect Terrace Aberdeen AB11 7TU
Received Not published - Determined260740/TEL
Installation of 1no 8M high telecommunication pole
O/s 2 Cairn Road Biledside Aberdeen AB15 9AL
Received Not published - Pending260741/DPP
Subdivision of building and change of use to form car hand wash and valet centre
1 York Street Aberdeen AB11 5DL
Received Not published - Determined260742/TEL
Installation of 2no 8M high telecommunication poles
O/s 2 And 4 Abbotshall Road Cults Aberdeen AB15 9HT
Received Not published
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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