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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0783
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building
Bruntyards Banff AB45 3QX
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0784
Erection Of Dwellinghouse Without Compliance with Condition 1 (Time) of Planning Permission Reference APP/2023/0074
Land To The West Of 133 Station Road Ellon AB41 9AZ
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0785
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Design to Previously Approved APP/2021/1429) (Part Retrospective)
Site At Strathbogie Mews Bogie Street Huntly Aberdeenshire
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0786
Change of Use of Land to Form Glamping Site including Siting of Glamping Pod and Associated Works
Site At Meadowhill Farm Strichen Fraserburgh AB43 6RJ
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0787
Erection of Holiday Lodge
Gaveney Cottage Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 3JX
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0788
Balcony Extension to Dwellinghouse
19 Forvie Court Collieston Aberdeenshire AB41 8SG
Received 11 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0789
Erection of Replacement Shed (Retrospective)
1 Seaview Terrace Johnshaven Montrose DD10 0HF
Received 11 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0791
Erection of Dwellinghouse, Outbuilding, Boundary Wall and Gate
Land To The North West Of Watersreach Collieston Aberdeenshire
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0792
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage
Steading Adjacent To Torbeg Glen Gairn Ballater Aberdeenshire
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0793
Change of Use from Class 4 (Business) and Class 5 (General Industrial) to Form Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) Including Siting of Storage Containers and Erection of Fencing
Site Adjacent To Baker Hughes Badentoy Avenue Badentoy Industrial Estate Portlethen AB12 4YB
Received 12 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0794
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage (Change of Design and Plot Layout of Garage of Planning Permission APP/2022/1501)
Kildare Cottage St Cyrus DD10 0DL
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0795
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Land To West Of Runcie Brae Sandhaven
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0796
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building
Upper Craigwell Netherley Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 3QP
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0797
Erection of Agricultural Building
Skatebrae Cowley Rothienorman AB51 8XR
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0800
Installation of Ground Mounted Solar Array and Associated Infrastructure-Partial Retrospective
Land North East Of Castleton Farm Shop Fordoun Laurencekirk AB30 1JX
Received 12 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0804
Confirmation Existing Planning Permission APP/2023/0193 Formation of 45MW Battery Energy Storage System Compound, Siting of Substations, Erection of Security Fencing, CCTV, Formation of Vehicular Access and Associated Infrastructure
Land East Of A981 Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0805
Formation of Driveway
Curachan 71 Gellymill Street Macduff AB44 1XD
Received 13 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0807
Change of Use of Land to Domestic and Erection of Garage and Stables (Retrospective)
Fae Me Well Lodge Cothal Fintray AB21 0HU
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0800
Erection of 2 Wind Turbines (Height to Hub 45m, Height to Blade Tip 69m) Formation of Access Track and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Brigstanes Farm Catterline Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2UA
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0802
Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with and Installed Capacity of 150 Megawatt (MW), Substation and Associated Infrastructure
Land To The South Of Alehouse Hillock Cairnie Huntly AB54 4UB
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0813
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type to Planning Permission Reference APP/2022/0049)
Plot 7 Westhaven Development Cairnbulg Aberdeenshire
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0814
Installation of Replacement Doors
Roslyn Villa Settrington Street Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8AZ
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0815
Erection of Agricultural Building
Goval Farm Dyce Aberdeen AB21 0HS
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0816
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
3 Harestone Cottages Crathes Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 5QN
Received 13 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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