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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0151
Replacement Doors
21 George Street Fraserburgh AB43 9QR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0153
Replacement Windows and Doors
21 George Street Fraserburgh AB43 9QR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0155
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Chapelton Steading Dellavaird Auchenblae AB30 1UD
Received 2 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0156
External Alterations
Station Hotel 20 Seafield Street Portsoy Banff AB45 2QT
Received 2 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0157
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Comisty Cottages Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 6DZ
Received 3 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0158
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 St Anne's Crescent Newtonhill Aberdeenshire AB39 3WZ
Received 3 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0159
Erection Of Stables/Store and Siting of Cabin
Land At Hillside Meadows Memsie Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 7AP
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0160
Erection of Dwellinghouse, Sub Division of Feu and Erection of 1.8m High Timber Fence and Alterations to Boundary Wall (Part Retrospective)
Woodland Brae Old Tollhouse Road Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5AF
Received 3 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0162
Upgrade and Extension to Forestry Private Way
North Craighead Forest Mintlaw
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0163
Installation of 4 Fascia Signs (Illuminated)
Unit 2 Banchory Trade Park Burn O'bennie Road Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 5DF
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0164
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Site Adjacent To Hillhead Of Bridgend Turriff AB53 8AB
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0165
Extension to Dwellinghouse
4 Aulton Cottages Aulton Road Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire AB42 0NN
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0166
Installation of Two Rapid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Ancillary Equipment
McDonalds Restaurants Limited Muirend Road Portlethen Aberdeenshire AB12 4XP
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0167
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent To Beech Lodge Turriff AB53 8BU
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0168
Part Change of Use of the 1st Floor from Class 4 (Business) to Class 10 (Men's Shed)
H & R House Blackburn Business Park Woodburn Road Blackburn AB21 0PS
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0169
Installation of Extract Vent and Internal Works
8 Back Path Banff AB45 1AR
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0171
Installation of Replacement Windows
Denmill Cottage Burnett Street Auchenblae AB30 1WP
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0172
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage (Retrospective)
5 Log Chalet Boghead Farm Kintore AB51 0XD
Received 4 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0178
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghosue (Garage)
7 Montgarrie Road Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8AE
Received 5 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0183
Installation of 4 Illuminated Signs and One Unilluminated Sign
Land East Of Endeavour Drive Kingshill Commercial Park Westhill
Received 5 Feb 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0187
Planning Permission in Principle for Residential Development and Associated Infrastructure (Phases 2 and 3) and Planning Permission for Erection of 158 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure (Phase 1)
Land To The West Of Hillbrae Way Newmachar
Received 5 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0187
Erection of Agricultural Building
Middlemuir Farm Whitecairns Aberdeenshire AB23 8XP
Received 5 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0189
External Alterations Including Installation of Replacement Window Shutters
Netherley Rooms 2 Netherley Place Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5QE
Received 5 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0190
Formation of SUDS Basin with Associated Infrastructure
Land North Of Davah Wood Inverurie
Received 5 Feb 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start 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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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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