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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0020
Felling of Sycamore Tree
1B Robert Street Stonehaven AB39 2DN
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0707
Erection of Agricultural Building
Highfield Steading Hill Of Park Drumoak AB31 5HJ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0708
Alterations to Building
Telephone Exchange Main Street Hatton Aberdeenshire AB42 0QQ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0709
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Canny Croft Bridge Of Canny Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 4AT
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0710
Alterations to Garden Wall to Incorporate Dwellinghouse
Site At The Garden Lodge Wardhouse Insch
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0712
Alterations to Garden Wall to Incorporate Dwellinghouse
Site At The Garden Lodge Wardhouse Insch Aberdeenshire
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0713
Alterations to Building
Silver Band Hall Manse Gardens Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4GE
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0714
Erection of Garage and Domestic Workshop
16 Brimmond Drive Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6SZ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0021
Felling of Willow Tree
Birse Lodge House Charlestown Road Aboyne AB34 5EL
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0719
Erection of Offices (Class 4), Storage and Distribution (Class 6), Maritime Training and Logistics Centre (Class 10)
Site At Pool Lane Keith Inch Peterhead
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0720
Erection of Garage
Drumoak House Drumoak Banchory AB31 5HA
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0721
Alterations and Change of Use of Steading to Form Dwellinghouse and Erection of 2 Dwellinghouses
Land To The South Of Biffie Old Deer AB42 5JX
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0722
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
16 West Glebe Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2HZ
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0737
Proposed Section 37 Consent Scoping Consultation for Reconductoring of Approximately 51 Kilometres (KM) of an Existing 275 Kilovolt (KV) Overhead LINE (OHL), Connecting Substations Between Peterhead and Kintore to Enable Operation at 400 KV, and Approximately 12 KM of Existing 132 KV OHL Connecting the Existing Persley Tee to Persley Substation to Enable Operation at 275 KV
Peterhead To Kintore Overhead Line (OHL)
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0724
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Duncarling Huntly Place Aboyne AB34 5HD
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0725
Formation of Carpark and Access
FINZEAN ESTATE PARTNERSHIP Finzean Farm Shop Finzean Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6PA
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0726
Erection Of Garage
Lynmar Fintry Turriff AB53 5PS
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0739
Onshore Transmission Infrastructure for Aspen Offshore Wind Farm Including Installation of Electrical Cables, Erection of Substation and Associated Infrastructure to Connect to the National Electricity Transmission System
Aspen Offshore Wind Farm (Onshore Infrastructure) Land At Craig Stirling North, North East And North West Of Newtonhill Connecting To Fetteresso Forest Aberdeenshire
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0727
Erection of 2 Retail Units (1647sqm and 2286sqm gross external floor area) and Associated Access, Car Parking, Service Yard and Ancillary Structures
Land At Ury Estate Ury Stonehaven
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0728
Erection of Replacement Dwellinghouse
Braehead Bridge Of Marnoch Aberchirder Aberdeenshire AB54 7RP
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0729
Erection of Larder
Woodend Farm Bakery Finzean Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6NE
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0730
Change of Use of Land to Overnight Short Stay Parking of Motorhomes (Retrospective)
Sandhaven Harbour Shore Street Sandhaven Fraserburgh
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0731
Downtaking and Reinstatement of Part of Boundary Wall
Churchyard St Mary's Parish Church The Square Monymusk Aberdeenshire
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0732
Erection of Replacement Wind Turbine (Hub Height 45 metres) Total Height 68.5 metres and Associated Infrastructure
Land To East Of Upper Culphin Cornhill Banff
Received 30 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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