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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0564
Confirmation of Extant Planning Permission Reference 1973/2701 for Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Site Adjacent To Alehousehill New Deer AB53 6UQ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0565
Construction of Timber Transfer Point and Access
Garromuir Wood Cairnie Huntly
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0566
Demolition of Redundant Agricultural Buildings and Steadings and Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Land At Bogfon Farm Maryculter Aberdeenshire AB12 5GR
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0567
Erection of Cattle Court
Whiteside Farm Tullynessle Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8DE
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0568
Installation of Roof Mounted Solar Panels and Associated Equipment
Church Of Scotland Board Crossreach The Bungalow Arduthie Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2EY
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0569
Erection of Agricultural Building (Dutch Barn)
East Redhill Rothienorman Aberdeenshire AB51 8YX
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0570
Formation of Access and Dropped Kerb
2 Cookston Cottages Cookston Road Portlethen Aberdeenshire AB12 4PB
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0571
Installation of Roof Mounted Solar Panels and Associated Equipment
Crossreach Balmedie House North Beach Road Balmedie Aberdeenshire AB23 8XU
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0572
Installation of Roof Mounted Solar Panels and Associated Equipment
Crossreach Balmedie House North Beach Road Balmedie Aberdeenshire AB23 8XU
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0573
Display of 2 Fascia Signs (Illuminated)
Nosh Tandoori 10 Bridge Street Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 9AA
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0015
Pruning of 16 Sycamore Trees
Pitgaveny Baird Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2SP
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0576
Alteration and Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Farquhar Road Huntly AB54 8FH
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0577
Alteration, Extension and Conversion Of Existing Steading To Form Ancillary Accommodation
Heughhead Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8HD
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0567
Enhancement and Renewal Works to Railway Line Corridor Between Dundee and Aberdeen
Carmont Station Drumlithie Aberdeenshire
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0579
This application has been called-in by the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Please visit https://www.eplanningcnpa.co.uk/online-applications - Full Planning Permission for Erection of 12 Serviced Apartments and a Manager's Apartment (13 Apartments in Total), Installation of Air Source Heat Pump and Associated Infrastructure
Braemar Lodge 6 Glenshee Road Braemar Aberdeenshire AB35 5YQ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0580
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type to APP/2022/2058 Erection of 123 Dwellinghouses (Change of House Types and SUDS Basin Design to Planning Permission Reference APP/2017/0050))
Plot 86 Nethermill Development Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0581
Erection of Agricultural Building
Newmill Farm Drumlithie Aberdeenshire AB39 3YJ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0582
Erection of Agricultural Shed
Burnside Croft Hopewell Tarland Aberdeenshire AB34 4YJ
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0583
Erection of Shed
Larch House Kindrochit Drive Braemar Aberdeenshire AB35 5YW
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0585
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Plots 136 To 138 Ladysbridge Ladysbridge Drive Ladysbridge Banff Aberdeenshire
Received 1 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0587
Installation of 7 Solar Panels
8 Marine View Muchalls Newtonhill AB39 3TG
Received 2 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0588
Erection of Cattle Shed
Land At Axis Farms To The North West Of Crichton Parkside Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire AB51 0AE
Received 2 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0590
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse (Retrospective)
93 High Street New Aberdour Aberdeenshire AB43 6LD
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0591
Extensions to Dwellinghouse, Formation of Chimney and Removal of Flue
Jaklin Cuminestown Aberdeenshire AB53 5YL
Received 6 Apr 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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