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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0191
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Little Raxton Croft Tarves Aberdeenshire AB41 7NT
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0192
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Hunter Drive Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2BG
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0193
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent To Auchinver Main Street Longside AB42 4XH
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0195
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Balcony
Auld Mill Mill Street Stuartfield Aberdeenshire AB42 5DP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0196
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Balcony
Auld Mill Mill Street Stuartfield Aberdeenshire AB42 5DP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0194
Erection of Wind Turbine (Hub Height 81m, Tip Height 150m) and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Mains Of Cairnbrogie Oldmeldrum Inverurie
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0197
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site To The West Of Ivy Cottage North Coullie Udny Ellon AB41 6ST
Received 6 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0199
Erection of 17 Dwellinghouses (Change Of House Types, Layout and Additional 2 Plots to Planning Permission Reference APP/2023/0872)
Land Beside Woodside Croft Midmill Kintore Aberdeenshire
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0200
Erection of 35 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Site To The North East Of Fordoun Road Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0201
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type to Planning Permission Reference APP/2019/1306)
Plot 22 Land To The East Of Woodend Barns Art Centre Banchory
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0202
Alterations and Extensions to Dwellinghouse
22 Westbank Park Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire AB51 0DG
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0203
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Form Motorhome Pitches, Siting of Glamping Pods and Associated Infrastructure
Site To The North Of Leanach Whitecairns AB23 8UL
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0204
Extension to Dwellinghouse
Home Farm Auchmacoy Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 8JQ
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0205
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Land At Newton Of Ludquharn Longside Peterhead AB42 4BD
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0206
Installation of 3 Silos
Farmlay Eggs West Cockmuir Strichen AB43 6RQ
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0004
Felling of Ash Tree
Mill Of Benholm Benholm Johnshaven Montrose DD10 0HT
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0208
Formation of Private Way
75M East Of Inverord Cottage Skene Westhill
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0209
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Domestic Garden Ground (Class 9) Including Erection of Garage/Home Office
Broadley Steading Kildrummy Estate Alford
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0210
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Braidwood Cottage Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4HA
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0208
Erection of Free Range Poultry Building, 4 Silos and Associated Infrastructure
Cromlet Farm St Katherines Aberdeenshire AB51 8SP
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0211
Alterations to Hotel and Installation of Glazed Canopy
White Heather Hotel 14 High Street Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4DS
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0212
Erection of Dwellinghouse Without Compliance with Condition 2 (Occupancy) of Planning Permission Reference S001214PP
Culsten Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5SH
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0213
Display of Illuminated Signage
White Heather Hotel 14 High Street Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4DS
Received 10 Feb 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0215
Installation of Replacement First And Second Floor Windows
2 Balmellie Street Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4DW
Received 10 Feb 2026
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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