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663 approved · 45 refused · 39 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
125 Anderson Drive Aberdeen AB15 6BG
Received Not published106 South Anderson Drive Aberdeen AB10 7PY
Received Not published22-24 Grosvenor Place Aberdeen AB25 2RE
Received Not publishedNorthern Hotel 1 - 3 Great Northern Road Aberdeen AB24 3PS
Received Not publishedSites At 1 Old Lang Stracht And 11 Old Lang Stracht Lang Stracht Kingswells Aberdeen AB15 8QF
Received Not publishedSt Marys Building Elphinstone Road Aberdeen AB24 3UF
Received Not publishedSt Marys Building Elphinstone Road Aberdeen AB24 3UF
Received Not publishedSites At Osborne C128c From Junction With Countesswells Park Rd And North Countesswells Rd To Kingswells Roundabout Kingswells Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB15 8QB
Received Not publishedAberdeen Hindu Temple Old Stoneywood Church Bankhead Road Aberdeen AB21 9HQ
Received Not published158 Hamilton Place Aberdeen AB15 5BB
Received Not published3-6 Craigie Park Place Aberdeen AB25 2SF
Received Not publishedUpper Birchwood South Avenue Aberdeen AB15 9LP
Received Not publishedO/s 5 Crossgates Bankhead Bucksburn Aberdeen AB21 9EF
Received Not published81 High Street Aberdeen AB24 3EH
Received Not publishedStreamline Shipping Group Head Office Blaikies Quay Aberdeen AB11 5PU
Received Not published73 Loanhead Terrace Aberdeen AB25 2TE
Received Not publishedO/s 27 Binghill Drive Aberdeen AB13 0JE
Received Not publishedCirrus Building (unit 6B) And Stratus Building (unit 6A) A B Z Business Park 6 International Avenue Dyce Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB21 0BH
Received Not publishedCountry Ways 115 Holburn Street Aberdeen AB10 6BQ
Received Not publishedCraigiebuckler SS Countesswells Road Aberdeen AB15 8AJ
Received Not publishedRaeburn Christie Clark And Wallace 12 - 16 Albyn Place Aberdeen AB10 1YH
Received Not published28 Crathie Terrace Aberdeen AB10 6BJ
Received Not published22 West Craigbank Crescent Cults Aberdeen Aberdeen City AB15 9AU
Received Not publishedUnit 2-3 The Courtyard North Deeside Road Cults Aberdeen AB15 9SD
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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