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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0839
Erection of Car Showroom/Service Centre, Formation of Car Parking, Car Display Areas and Associated Works
Site At Former Aviation Fuel Distribution Centre Millmoss Turriff
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0840
Connection of Salamander Offshore Wind Farm Substation to the Existing Peterhead to St Fergus 132KV OHL
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm
Received 20 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0873
Erection of Agricultural Building
Land North Of Logie Farm Fintray Aberdeen Aberdeenshire AB21 0HX
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0874
Extension to Agricultural Building
Land At Daviot Estate Inverurie
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0875
Internal Alterations and Installation of External Fob Reader
Lower Dalrymple Hall Seaforth Street Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 9BD
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0876
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type to Planning Permission Reference APP/2023/0562)
Plot 29 West Croft Park 21 Westcroft Close Memsie Fraserburgh AB43 7BF
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0877
Erection of Agricultural Shed
Site Adjacent To The Steading Parkside Oldmeldrum Inverurie
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0878
Installation of Replacement Windows
St Annes 2 Marine Terrace Muchalls Newtonhill Aberdeenshire AB39 3RD
Received 21 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0879
Formation of Forestry Access (widening of Vehicular Access)
Junction To Boggierow Portsoy Banff AB45 2SR
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0880
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage
Site To Southeast Of Clais-na-Creig Torphins Banchory
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0853
Extension to Poultry Shed
Site To The South West Of Mains Of Gight Cottage Gight Methlick Ellon
Received 22 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0881
Erection of 12 Dwellinghouses (Change of House Type and Layout to Planning Permission Reference APP/2018/1262 for Erection of 113 Dwellings, Formation of Public Open Space and Associated Infrastructure)
Plots 102 - 113 Willowburn Housing Development Duthie Road Tarves Ellon
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0883
Change of use of agricultural land to form a holiday caravan site (siting of 2 units), erection of decking, gazebos, cycle stores and associated infrastructure
Land At Woodside Of Ardoe Farm Ardoe Aberdeen Aberdeenshire
Received 22 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0858
Development of 49 Dwellinghouses, Amenity Space and Associated Facilities
OP1 Land East Of Old Stonehaven Road Marywell Aberdeenshire AB12 4LP
Received 22 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0884
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of Housetype to Planning Permission Reference APP/2025/0672)
Plot 167 Land To The East Of Blackdog Industrial Estate Blackdog Aberdeenshire
Received 22 May 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0025
Felling of 13 Elm Trees, 3 Alder Trees, 1 Sycamore Tree and 1 Silver Birch Tree
North Woods Housing Development East Of Drinnies Grove Mintlaw
Received 22 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0885
Demolition of Dwellinghouse
The Willows Willowbank Training Centre Glendaveny Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 3DY
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0886
Installation of 18 Ground Mounted Solar Panels
Land Adjacent To Pitcullen Torphins Aberdeenshire AB31 4NQ
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0887
Internal Alterations Including Removal of Two Cast Iron Fireplaces
Park View Inverurie Street Auchenblae AB30 1XS
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0888
Erection of Fence
50 Tormentil Crescent Balmedie AB23 8SY
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0889
Erection of Agricultural Building
Woodside Croft Lumsden Aberdeenshire AB54 4JT
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0890
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To East Of Sunnybrae Cottage Glenbuchat Strathdon AB36 8TS
Received 25 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0891
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Land Adjacent To West Auchtygall Blackhills Peterhead AB42 3JS
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0892
Formation of Private Way (Forestry)
Land To North West Of Glenfarquhar Lodge Auchenblae Aberdeenshire AB30 1UJ
Received 25 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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