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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/2026/0121
Alterations and Extension to Store
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Ardoe South Deeside Road Aberdeenshire AB12 5YN
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0122
Change of Use from Filling Station (Sui Generis) to Retail (Class 1A) Including the Erection of Sales Office, Covered Storage Area, Security Fence, Ancillary Infrastructure and Formation of Display Area, Access and Car Parking
Former Filling Station North Deeside Road Kincardine O'neil Aberdeenshire AB34 5AA
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0123
Erection of Shed
2 Castleview Close Kintore Aberdeenshire AB51 0SE
Received 27 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0124
Alterations to Roof and Installation of Rooflight
14 Oldmeldrum Road Pitmedden Aberdeenshire AB41 7AG
Received 27 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0125
Installation of Replacement Doors and Alteration to Rear Wall
5 To 8 Bridge Street Peterhead AB42 1DH
Received 27 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0126
Confirmation of Extant Planning Permission Reference APP/2007/3202 Erection of Dwellinghouse
Connemara 11 Church Lane Longside Aberdeenshire AB42 4TJ
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0127
Erection of Agricultural Building
Meikle Tillyeve Udny Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 6SJ
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0128
Erection of Ancillary Domestic Building
Epasco Neilsbrae Fintray Aberdeenshire AB21 0YS
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0129
Erection of Agricultural Building
Upper Muirskie Netherley Aberdeenshire AB39 3RY
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0130
Installation of Road Trailer with Container and 7m High Mast on Top
Morrone Hill Radio Facilities Braemar Aberdeenshire
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0131
Formation of Forestry Private Way
Land To The North Of Little Burns Glenkindie Alford AB33 8RL
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0133
2 Low Voltage Overhead Lines (Retrospective)
Drumhead And Finzean Aberdeenshire AB31 6ND
Received 28 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0134
Conversion, Alterations and Extension to Steading to Form Dwellinghouse (Amendment to Planning Permission Reference APP/2024/1290)
Millhouse Of Boghead Avochie Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 7YX
Received 29 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0135
Installation of Replacement Windows
21 George Street Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 9QR
Received 29 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0136
Proposed Installation of Solar Panels
Mission Hall Harbour Street Port Erroll Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire AB42 0NB
Received 29 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0138
Alterations and Extension to Agricultural Building
Nether Birnie Farm Benholm Johnshaven Aberdeenshire DD10 0HT
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0139
Erection of 41 Dwellinghouses
Land At Schoolhill (Phase 1) Portlethen
Received 30 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0140
Conversion Alterations and Extension to Outbuilding to Form Garden Room and Sauna and Erection of Workshop
The Coach House Fordoun Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire AB30 1NS
Received 30 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0142
Formation of 2 Caravan/Camping Pitches (Retrospective)
Land At Upper Hillside Keith AB55 5QA
Received 30 Jan 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0143
Display of Non-Illuminated Fascia Signs, Hoardings, Flags
Lochside Phase 2a+b Land To East Of Lochton Croft Upper Lochton Banchory Aberdeenshire
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0145
Change of Use from Agricultural to Vehicle Repair Business (Class 5) (Retrospective)
Mains Of Park Lonmay Fraserburgh AB43 8RX
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0146
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To West Of Mains Of Monaltrie Ballater
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0149
Bulky Goods Retail Development Without Compliance with Condition 5 (Types of Goods for Sale) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2004/3062 and Condition 4 (Types of Goods for Sale) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2003/0198
B & M Stores Buchan Way Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 3GT
Received 2 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0150
Installation of Storage Container
Fettercairn Playing Fields Fettercairn Aberdeenshire AB30 1UE
Received 2 Feb 2026
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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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