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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedTRE/2026/0016
Mixed Trees, Willow, Pine, Silver Birch Hawthorn, and Poplar - Coppicing of the Willows and Poplars, Removal of a Small Number of Trees for Safety Reasons
3 Meadowlands Court Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6EA
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0592
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses and Associated Works
Land To The South Of Robline Dunshillock Mintlaw Peterhead
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0595
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
16 Kingfisher Drive Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 6AF
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0575
Erection of Free Range Poultry Shed (Egg Production), Muck Store and Associated Works
Site To The West Of Whitebog Farm New Deer Turriff AB53 6YX
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0596
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site At Boghead Farm Kintore
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0597
Installation of dormer windows and refurbishment of outbuilding, including replacement roof and installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels
Upper Affloch Dunecht Westhill AB32 7BP
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0598
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage without Compliance with Condition 4 (Visibility Splays) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2026/0049
Lofthillock Farm Keith Hall Inverurie Aberdeenshire
Received 6 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0599
Erection of a 1.8m High Fence and Timber Shed (Retrospective)
32 Rothesay Street Chapelton AB39 8AH
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0600
Alterations to Dwellinghouse Including Erection of Carport, Bike Store, Wall, Fence and Gate
Birchfield 9 Barclay Park Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5JF
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0602
Installation of Replacement Doors
Ellel Ministries Blairmore House Glass Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 4XH
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0603
Erection of Gospel Hall (Class 10)
Land Adjacent To West Auchtygall Blackhills Peterhead AB42 3JS
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0604
Installation of Replacement Windows
3 Fife Street Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1JB
Received 7 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0605
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
East Cruchie Cottage Drumblade Huntly AB54 6YP
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0606
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
5 Hallforest Crescent Kintore Aberdeenshire AB51 0SQ
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0607
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage and Formation of Access
Westgate Breda Park Auchintoul Alford AB33 8NN
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0609
Extension to Outbuilding
Mill Of Dumbreck Udny Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 7PL
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0610
Erection of Fence and Gates
1A Carmelite Street Banff AB45 1AF
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0611
Alterations to Boundary Wall and Installation of Gates
1A Carmelite Street Banff AB45 1AF
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0612
Change of Use from Class 1A (Shops and financial, professional and other services) and Sui Generis (Flat) to Class 9 (Dwellinghouse)
Hazelhurst 20 Chapel Street Huntly AB54 8BS
Received 8 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0613
Installation of Replacement Windows
Lyleston 44 Robert Street Stonehaven AB39 2DJ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0614
Formation of Access (Retrospective)
34 South High Street Portsoy AB45 2NT
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0615
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Gairnieston Farm Turriff AB53 5RP
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0616
Removal and Replacement of Existing Roofing Material
Rhu-na-haven House Rhu-na-haven Road Aboyne AB34 5JD
Received 9 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0617
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
44 Beltie Road Torphins AB31 4JT
Received 9 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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