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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0618
Removal and Replacement of Roofing Materials
Rhu-na-haven House Rhu-na-haven Road Aboyne AB34 5JD
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0619
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
28 Johnston Street Laurencekirk AB30 1AN
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0620
Change of Use and Alterations to Part of Depot Building (Class 6) to form Offices (Class 4) and Erection of Welfare Building
Scottish Water Kingshill House Endeavour Drive Arnhall Business Park Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6UF
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0621
Erection of Ancillary Accommodation
Lower Drumbulg Gartly Huntly AB54 4SB
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0622
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses, Garden Sheds and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump Without Compliance with Condition 3 (Roads Drainage and SUDS System) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2025/0605
Land Adjacent To Sunnyside Cottage Logie Coldstone Tarland Aberdeenshire AB34 5PQ
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0623
Erection of Covered Padel Court
Garioch Sports Centre Strathburn Park Burghmuir Drive Inverurie AB51 4GY
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0625
Erection of Agricultural Building
Field Adjacent To Dunnydeer Western Road Insch
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0626
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
West Maldron Torphins AB31 4ND
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0627
Internal and External Alterations to Dwellinghouse and Installation of Railing
45 Crovie Village Gardenstown Aberdeenshire AB45 3JQ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0628
Installation of Replacement Doors and Alterations to Dwellinghouse
45 Crovie Village Gardenstown AB45 3JQ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0629
Change Of Use From Classes 4, 5 & 6 (Business, General Industrial And Storage/Distribution) To Class 11 (Assembly And Leisure - Gym)
Store At Rear Of Slipway Seagate Peterhead
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0630
Erection of a Field Shelter
Banks Ruthven Huntly AB54 4ST
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0631
Alterations and Change Of Use of Former Sheltered Housing (Class 8) to Funeral Home (Class 1A)
1 The Wynd Turriff AB53 4FB
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0632
Erection of 26 Dwellinghouses (Including 5 Affordable Units) with Associated Work
Phase 10 Northwoods Development Mintlaw
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0633
Erection of Carport and Workshop
Brae Cottage Birse Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5ER
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0617
Residential Development Comprising of 80-90 Dwellinghouses, Associated Infrastructure and Open Space
Land At Hallgreen Mains Inverbervie
Received 10 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0635
Conversion of Steading to Dwellinghouse Without Compliance with Condition 1 (Time) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2022/2513
Land To Southeast Of Huntly Cottage Woodlands Of Durris Banchory Aberdeenshire
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0636
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Erection of Replacement Dwellinghouse
Aridhbhruach Old Skene Road Westhill AB32 6UB
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0637
Alterations to Building including Installation of Mezzanine Floor
Skyline Trampoline Park Highclere Business Park Highclere Way Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5QW
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0638
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
7 Selbie Drive Inverurie AB51 3YB
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0639
Erection of Domestic Garage and Polycrub and Alterations to Dwellinghouse
Chapelpark House Oldmeldrum AB51 0AD
Received 13 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0641
Erection of Vehicle Sales Building
C & M McDonald Bridgefield Kintore AB51 0XB
Received 14 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0643
Extension to Dwellinghouse
North Winds 7 Kirktown St Fergus AB42 3DB
Received 14 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0644
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Moss Side Lumphanan Banchory AB31 4RP
Received 14 Apr 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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