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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedENQ/2026/0745
Installation of 1000 Megawatt (MW) Battery Energy Storage System and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Home Farm Dens Hillhead Of Cocklaw Blackhills Peterhead AB42 3LH
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0734
Erection Of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type To Planning Permission Reference APP/2021/2089 for Erection of 34 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure)
Plot 22 Meldrum House Estate Oldmeldrum
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0735
Extension to Garage
15 Hillhead Drive Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 9YW
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0753
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 1 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0736
Erection of 8 Dwellinghouses
Land At West Mains Of Barras Barras Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2UE
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0737
Extension of Agricultural Storage Building
Knaps Newmachar Aberdeenshire AB21 0QJ
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0738
Alterations and Extension to Manufacturing Workshop (Class 5)
Donaldson Timber Systems Yard Gate House Peregrine Road Westhill AB32 6JQ
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0739
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
36 Nether Blackhall Inverurie AB51 4EW
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0740
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Helensdale Glebe Land Kirkton Of Skene Westhill AB32 6XE
Received 1 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0741
Erection of 5 Dwellinghouses and Garages
Woodend Of Glassel Glassel Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 4DB
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0742
Change of Use of School (Class 10) to 2 Dwellinghouses (Class 9) and Erection of Garage (Change of House and Garage Designs to Previously Approved Planning Permission APP/2021/0213)
Sfhynx Residence Elphin Street New Aberdour AB43 6LH
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0743
Formation of Driveway and Erection of Replacement Retaining Wall
6 Seaview Road Sandend Portsoy AB45 2UE
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0744
Erection of 2 Player Dugouts and Storage Container (Ticket Booth and Kit Store)
Lawsondale Sports Pavilion Arnhall Crescent Westhill AB32 6TY
Received 5 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0745
Alterations, Extension and Change of Use of Nursery (Class 10) to Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Former Kingswell Nursery Seafield Street Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1ED
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0747
Alterations and Extension to Industrial Unit
L S G Subsea Ltd Kemnay AB51 5PD
Received 5 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0748
Change of Use of Land to Form Extension to Existing Caravan Site and Associated Works
Land Adjacent To Mains Of Boddam Caravan Park Queen's Road Boddam AB42 3LW
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0749
Change of Use from Non Residential Institution (Class 10) to Residential Flat (Sui Generis)
66 Windmill Street Roanheads Peterhead AB42 1UE
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0751
Replacement Windows
Portsoy Library Aird Green Portsoy AB45 2RH
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0752
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
22 Pentland Place Coplandhill Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1ZB
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0022
Pruning of 8 Silver Birch Trees
9 Deebank Road Ballater AB35 5QT
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0754
Formation of Private Way (Forestry)
Land At Catterloch Woods South Banchory
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0755
Erection of Agricultural Building
Drumdurno Farmhouse Pitcaple Inverurie AB51 5HT
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0756
Alterations to Workshop (Class 5)
CA Engineering Burghmuir Place Blackhall Industrial Estate Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 4FW
Received 5 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0757
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Erection of 6 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure
Plots 139-144 (Formerly Plot 4 And Mayfield House) Ladysbridge Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 2RY
Received 5 May 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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