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663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rooftop Northern Hotel 1 - 3 Great Northern Road Aberdeen AB24 3PS
Received Not publishedGround Floor 156 Union Street Aberdeen AB10 1QT
Received Not publishedDenburn House 20-25 Union Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1NN
Received Not publishedOS 8 Contlaw Road Aberdeen AB13 0DR
Received Not publishedFootway Of Gordon's Mills Road Aberdeen AB24 2YU
Received Not published32-40 Market Street Flat 2 City Centre Aberdeen AB11 5PL
Received Not publishedUnit 5, Howe Moss Place Kirkhill Industrial Estate Aberdeen AB21 0GS
Received Not published11 Treetops Grove Aberdeen AB15 7AA
Received Not published39 Springfield Gardens Aberdeen AB15 7RX
Received Not published188A Great Western Road Aberdeen AB10 6PB
Received Not publishedCentral Exchange Bon-Accord Street Aberdeen AB11 6EA
Received Not published43 Fonthill Road Aberdeen AB11 6UQ
Received Not publishedUnit 3 Wellheads Place Aberdeen AB21 7GD
Received Not publishedSutherlands Site Land Off Cordyce View Off Farburn Terrace Aberdeen AB21 7EJ
Received Not publishedStoneywood Park Dyce Aberdeen AB21 7DZ
Received Not publishedBrig Inn 9 Ellon Road Aberdeen AB23 8EB
Received Not published75 Forest Avenue Aberdeen AB15 4TN
Received Not published4 Airyhall House Airyhall Road Aberdeen AB15 7TF
Received Not published12 Laverock Braes Crescent Grandhome Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB22 9AD
Received Not publishedBon Accord Terrace Gardens Willowbank Road Aberdeen
Received Not publishedPhase 1 Unit 5 Altens Trade Centre Hareness Circle Aberdeen AB12 3LY
Received Not published33 Carmelite Street Aberdeen AB11 6NQ
Received Not publishedAberdeen Civil Justice Centre And Commercial Courts Queen Street Aberdeen AB10 1AQ
Received Not publishedGround Floor Left 12 Thomson Street Aberdeen AB25 2QR
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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