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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
Aberdeenshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Aberdeenshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,465Searchable applications
414Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 911 approved or refused records
33Refused applications
878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 2020 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingContact planning Contact Planning teamLocal plan Local Development Plan 2029Pre-application advice Planning pre-application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@aberdeenshire.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01467534333Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanningenforcement@aberdeenshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
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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
- DecidedAPP/2025/2003
Erection of 22 Affordable Houses and Associated Infrastructure
Site 1 Greenacres Peterhead
Received 4 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2006
Change of Use of Dwellinghouse to Shop (Class 1A) and Business (Class 4)
9 Gallowhill Street Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1HA
Received 4 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2009
Conversion of Agricultural Building to Use as Commercial Use (Class 6) and Associated Works in relation to Prior Notification APP/2025/1606
Wellhillock Croft Kinmuck Inverurie AB51 0NB
Received 5 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2013
This application has been called-in by the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Please visit https://www.eplanningcnpa.co.uk/online-applications/ - Change of Use of Putting Green to Form 12 Motorhome Pitches and Associated Works Including Formation of Vehicular Access
Ballater Golf Club Victoria Road Ballater AB35 5QX
Received 5 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2014
Change of Use from Class 3 (Food and Drink) to Residential Class 9 (Residential)
The Old Restaurant Udny Green Aberdeenshire AB41 7RS
Received 8 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2015
Change of Use of Land to Form Extension to Existing Cemetery, Formation Vehicular Access, Car Parking and Erection of Boundary Enclosure Without Compliance with Condition 4 (Parking) of Planning Permission Reference Number APP/2023/1745
Land Adjacent To Fetteresso Cemetery Fetteresso Stonehaven
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2019
Conversion of Steading to form 6 Dwellinghouses and Erection of 4 Dwellinghouses Without Compliance With Condition 1(b) (Visibility Splays) and Condition 2 (Access) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2020/1056
Tillycairn Steading Tarves Ellon AB41 7NQ
Received 8 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2022
Installation of Refrigeration Plant
The Co-Operative Group 12 Market Square Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2BE
Received 8 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2023
Erection of Wash Plant and Associated Works
EIS Waste Services Gallowhill Nigg Aberdeen
Received 8 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2025
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Erection of Dwellinghouse
Mill Of Delgaty Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 8HL
Received 9 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2028
Extension to Yard Area and Erection of Fencing, Walls and Gates
Clancool Refrigeration LTD Buchanan House Tumulus Way Midmill Business Park Kintore AB51 0TG
Received 9 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2033
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Ardlethen House Ardlethen Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 8PF
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2035
Alterations to Dwellinghouse Including Removal of Existing Chimneys, Replacement Rainwater Goods to Existing Summerhouse and Formation of Hardstanding
Balgonie House Braemar Place Ballater AB35 5NQ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2043
Installation of Replacement Balcony and Roof Canopy
Hilton Grand Vacations Club At Craigendarroch Suites Near Bridge Of Gairn Ballater AB35 5XA
Received 11 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2048
Erection of Water Treatment Plant
Hilton Grand Vacations Club At Craigendarroch Suites Ballater AB35 5XA
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2051
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
The Laes Steading Arbuthnott Laurencekirk AB30 1LS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2052
Erection of Wind Turbine (Hub Height 81m, Tip Height 150m) and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Mains Of Cairnbrogie Oldmeldrum Inverurie
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2054
Erection of Detached Garage Including Change of Use of Land to Domestic Garden Ground
1 Don View Monymusk Aberdeenshire AB51 7JE
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2055
Replacement of Existing Standard Trickle Vents with Accoustic Vents in all Windows
Burnfield Rothiemay Huntly AB54 7NG
Received 12 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2057
Alterations and Extensions to Dwellinghouse
Woodend Farm Auchterless Turriff AB53 8ER
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2060
Onshore Electricity Transmission Infrastructure and Associated Development for the proposed MarramWind Offshore Wind Farm Including Formation of Onshore Landfills, Laying Underground Cables, Erection of Substations And Associated Works
MarramWind Offshore Wind Farm Land Between Mean Low Water Springs At Lunderton And Scotstown Beach To The East Of Longside Peterhead
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2062
Erection of 4 Dwellinghouses and 4 Flats (Affordable Housing)
Land At Station Road North Of Ivy Court Mintlaw AB42 5EB
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2025/2064
Erection of 255 Dwellinghouses, Land set aside for Class 1 (Retail) and Class 3 (Restaurant/Cafe) Use and Associated Works
Land At Cromleybank Farm Adjacent To South Road And Kellie Pearl Way Ellon
Received 15 Dec 2025 - DecidedAPP/2025/2065
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Holiday Let)
Site To The West Of Aberdeen Full Bore Gun Club Shooting Range Drums Links Newburgh Ellon AB41 6AS
Received 16 Dec 2025
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 Aberdeenshire, 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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