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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0847
Extension to Dwellinghouse
12 Methlick Wood Methlick Aberdeenshire AB41 7EF
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0848
Erection of Outbuilding
1 Flory Gardens Huntly AB54 8SD
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0849
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage (Change of House Type and Plot Layout to Plot 7 of Planning Permission Reference APP/2019/1306)
4 Clio Mews Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 5NE
Received 18 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0850
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
41 Tannery Street Banff AB45 1ER
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0023
Felling of 1 Lime Tree
4 Westwood Park Blackburn AB21 0JS
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0851
Formation of Washbay
One Subsea Badentoy Avenue Badentoy Industrial Estate Portlethen AB12 4YB
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0828
Erection of Synchronous Condenser Facility and Associated Infrastructure including Associated High Voltage Underground Cable Connection to Rothienorman Substation
Land At Overhill Rothienorman Aberdeenshire AB51 8YN
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0853
Extension to Dwellinghouses to Form 1 Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage
Millden Steading Balmedie Aberdeenshire AB23 8YY
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0855
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses (Change of House Type, Plot Layout and Levels of Planning Permission Reference APP/2025/0185) Including Installation of Air Source Heat Pump, Alteration to Road Layout
Plots 12-14, 16-18 And 20 Land At Site Adjacent To Fetteresso Cemetery Kirktown Of Fetteresso Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 3UP
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0856
Alterations to Wall and Erection of Gates
1A Carmelite Street Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1AF
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0857
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
1 Meadowlands Crescent Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6EG
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0858
Installation of Replacement Door
Feoladair House 28 - 30 Deveron Street Huntly AB54 8BZ
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0859
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Plot 2 Brae Of Biffie Stuartfield AB42 5DH
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0860
Alterations to Domestic Building
25 Lily Loch Road Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2WB
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0862
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type of Planning Permission Reference APP/2024/0938)
Land At The Moorie Boarding Kennels St Cyrus Aberdeenshire
Received 20 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0864
Installation of Toilet Block (Temporary)
Barthol Chapel Church Barthol Chapel Aberdeenshire AB51 8TD
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0865
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
37 St Machar Avenue Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5FH
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0867
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Taramanda Pines 5 Bridgeview Place Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5HG
Received 20 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0833
Erection of Building, Formation of Yard and Associated Works (For Use Class 4 (Business), Class 5 (General Industrial) and Class 6 (Storage))
Land Adjacent To Ashtead Technology Towie Barclay Works Turriff AB53 8EN
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0024
Crown Reduction of Beech Tree
Little Langdale Monaltrie Road Ballater AB35 5PE
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0869
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
13 Deveron Avenue Ladysbridge Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 2TE
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0870
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land At Brunthill Farm New Deer Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 6UX
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0871
Partial Demolition of Outbuilding to Form Parking Area
Flat 40 North Deeside Road Kincardine O'Neil Aberdeenshire AB34 5AA
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0872
Partial Demolition of Outbuilding to Form Parking Area
Flat 40 North Deeside Road Kincardine O'Neil AB34 5AA
Received 20 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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