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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0408
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site Adjacent To Wayside Kintore AB51 0YX
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0410
Alterations, Dormer Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage
Kirkstane House Glebe Land Kirkton Of Skene Westhill AB32 6XE
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0411
Installation of Replacement Windows
Netherley Rooms 2 Netherley Place Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5QE
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0412
Alterations and Dormer Extension to Dwellinghouse
Kirkstane House Glebe Land Kirkton Of Skene Westhill AB32 6XE
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0413
Erection of Agricultural Animal Shelter
Lamington Oyne Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6QP
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0415
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage
Plot 6 Admirals Park Methlick AB41 7BA
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0416
Display of Illuminated Signage (Retrospective)
Totalenergies E & P UK Ltd Skene Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6JZ
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0417
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Woodland Gardens Daviot Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0NJ
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0418
Installation of Fascia and Projecting Signage (Illuminated)
Duncan And Todd 52 Barclay Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2AX
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0419
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Plot 1 Land At Inverquinzie St Fergus Peterhead Aberdeenshire
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0420
Repainting of Windows and Entrance Door
Duncan And Todd 52 Barclay Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2AX
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0421
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 St Andrew's Gardens Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 3XT
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0422
Installation of Replacement Windows and Doors
3 Black Street Chapelton Aberdeenshire AB39 8AF
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0423
Erection of Agricultural Building
Upper Muirskie Netherley Aberdeenshire AB39 3RY
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0424
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of Housetype to Planning Permission Reference APP/2023/0051)
Plot 2 Toux Farm Fetterangus
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0425
Alterations to Gazebo to Form Garden Room (Retrospective)
Greenwood House 6 Stable Close Daviot Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0NP
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0426
Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Land To The South Of 20 Ferguson Street Fetterangus AB42 4HD
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0427
Refurbishment of the Seawater Pool, Terraces and Associated Landscaping, Demolition of Existing Changing Block and Pump House, Formation of New Access Route Around Site; Alterations and Extension to Pavilion
Tarlair Outdoor Pool Tarlair Road Macduff Aberdeenshire AB44 1AE
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0428
Refurbishment of the Seawater Pool, Terraces and Associated Landscaping, Demolition of Existing Changing Block and Pump House, Formation of New Access Route Around Site and Alterations and Extension to Pavilion
Tarlair Outdoor Pool Tarlair Road Macduff Aberdeenshire AB44 1AE
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0429
Erection of 80 Metre High Wind Turbine Without Compliance With Condition 2 (Operational Life) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2007/2128
Land At Bruxiehill St Fergus Peterhead Aberdeenshire
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0430
Erection of 2 X 800 KW Wind Turbines 79.6m High and Associated Infrastructure Without Compliance With Condition 20 (Operational Life) and 21 (End of Lifespan) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2009/3637
Ednie Farms St Fergus Peterhead
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0431
Erection of Agricultural Building
Land At Braeside Park Auchnagatt Ellon AB41 8YE
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0432
Extension to Dwellinghouse
69 Ness Circle Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 9BR
Received 13 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0433
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
33 Grant Road Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 5UW
Received 13 Mar 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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