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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0758
Peatland Restoration Scheme
Land At Glen Ey Mar Estate Inverey AB35 5YB
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0759
Erection of Outbuilding
Tigh-Na-Tulaich 1 North Road Peterhead AB42 1BL
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0760
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Outbuildings
Stobhall Rattray St Fergus Aberdeenshire AB42 3EX
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0761
Erection of Overhead Line (Retrospective)
Glendronach Distillery Forgue Huntly AB54 6DB
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0762
Erection of Domestic Garage
Gatehouse Of Kebbaty Sauchen Aberdeenshire AB51 7QL
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0763
Display of Illuminated Fascia Sign and Projecting Sign
Specsavers 13 Broad Street Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 9AE
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0764
Erection of Agricultural Building
Site Adjacent To Mill Of Bandley Bandley Alford AB33 8HD
Received 6 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0765
Erection of Agricultural Building
Hollowdyke Cairnie Huntly AB54 4TY
Received 7 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0766
Erection of Agricultural Building
Home Farm Cairness Fraserburgh AB43 8XP
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0768
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land At Upper Muirskie Netherley AB12 5GS
Received 7 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0769
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Outbuilding
Plot 3 Land At Burnhead St Fergus Aberdeenshire AB42 3HS
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0770
Change of Use to Extend Domestic Curtilage and Erection of Outbuilding
Fountainbrae House Fyvie AB53 8RP
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0771
Part Demolition and Conversion, Alterations of Coaching House to form Dwellinghouse and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
Coaching Stable Former Rob Roy Inn Roadside Of Kinneff Inverbervie DD10 0TG
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0773
Part Demolition and Conversion, Alterations of Coaching House to form Dwellinghouse and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
Coaching Stable Former Rob Roy Inn Roadside Of Kinneff Inverbervie DD10 0TG
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0774
Erection of Agricultural Building
Dunbennan Cairnborrow Huntly AB54 4UR
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0775
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Newton Huntly Road Aboyne AB34 5HE
Received 7 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0777
Extension to Nursery (Class 10)
Vital Sparks Nursery Upperton Industrial Estate Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 3GL
Received 8 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0781
Erection of 2 X 800 KW Wind Turbines 79.6m High and Associated Infrastructure Without Compliance With Condition 20 (Operational Life) and 21 (End of Lifespan) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2009/3637
Ednie Farms St Fergus Peterhead
Received 8 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0782
Erection of 80 Metre High Wind Turbine Without Compliance With Condition 2 (Operational Life) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2007/2128
Land At Bruxiehill St Fergus Peterhead Aberdeenshire
Received 8 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0778
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land At The Rear Of Strathlyn Main Street Garmond Cuminestown AB53 5TQ
Received 8 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0779
Extension to Dwellinghouse
11 Westend Gardens Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire AB51 0JG
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0780
Erection of Replacement Workshop/Storage Building
G F Bisset (Inverbervie) Ltd Workshop The Haughs Inverbervie Montrose
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0781
Installation of External Air Conditioning Condensers
14 Queen Street Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1TS
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0782
Installation of Signage
Lloyds TSB Scotland 14 Queen Street Peterhead AB42 1TS
Received 11 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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