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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedTRE/2026/0026
Pruning of Beech Trees
Ardchoille 13 Ramsay Road Banchory AB31 5TT
Received 25 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0893
Formation of Forestry Private Way
Craiginour Fetteresso Forest Aberdeenshire
Received 25 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0894
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Garage
St Andrews Commerce Street Insch AB52 6JB
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0895
Change of Use from Woodland to Residential (Class 9 Houses) and Erection of Garage
Land Adjacent To Old Library Udny Green Udny AB41 7RS
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0896
Formation of Door, Installation of Replacement Windows and Doors and Internal Alterations
Imagineering 2 - 6 Farmers' Lane Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1DG
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0898
Upgrade and Extension to Existing Forestry Track
Grumack Forest Land To East And South East Of Meikle Gour Glass Huntly
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0899
Retention of Marquee
Site To South Of Keyhole Garden Inchmarlo Retirement Village Inchmarlo Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 4AL
Received 26 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0900
Change of Use of Dental Practice (Class 1A) to Coffee Shop (Class 3) Including External Alterations
95 Queen Street Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1UA
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0901
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building and Installation of 2 Storage Containers (Part Retrospective)
Land at Woodside of Ardoe Farm Banchory Devenick Aberdeenshire AB12 5XX
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0027
Felling of Lime Tree
Mayfield 11 Chapel Brae Braemar AB35 5YT
Received 26 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0902
Upgrade and Extension to Existing Forestry Track
Land At Harehill Forest Banchory Aberdeenshire
Received 27 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0875
Installation of Onshore Transmission Infrastructure Including Installation of Electrical Cables, Erection of Substation and Associated Enabling and Ancillary Works to Connect the Aspen Offshore Wind Farm to the National Electricity Transmission System
Aspen Offshore Wind Farm Land Between Mean Low Water Springs Near Craig Stirling, Newtonhill And Fetteresso Forest Aberdeenshire
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0904
Peatland Restoration Scheme
Land To The East Of Loch Muick Near The Capel Road Balmoral Estate Ballater Aberdeenshire
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0905
Alterations and Extension to Outbuilding to Form Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Allathan Farmhouse Udny Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 7PR
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0906
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
12 Rutherford Folds Inverurie AB51 4JH
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0907
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site At Culbeuchly Banff Aberdeenshire
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0908
Erection of Agricultural Building In Relation to Prior Notification Reference APP/2026/0581
Newmill Farm Drumlithie Aberdeenshire AB39 3YJ
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0909
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Domestic (Class 9) and Extensions to Dwellinghouse
Newton Of Kiddshill Maud Aberdeenshire AB42 5PW
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0910
Erection of Shed, Installation of External Boiler, Oil Tank, and Ground Mounted Solar Panels
Rienetton Glen Gairn Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5UQ
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0911
Internal Alterations and Installation of External Boiler
Rienetton Glen Gairn Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5UQ
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0912
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Manitoba Cottage Whiteford Inverurie AB51 5EB
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0913
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Detached Garage
Land At Ceolmara 12 Findon Road Findon Portlethen Aberdeenshire
Received 27 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0915
Erection of Agricultural Building
Inveramsay Farm Pitcaple Inverurie AB51 5DQ
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0916
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Tillykeira Lonmay Fraserburgh AB43 8SR
Received 28 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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