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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0917
Erection of Replacement Garage
Ralston Ballater Road Aboyne AB34 5JL
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0918
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type to Planning Permission Reference APP/2018/0166) (Retrospective)
Plot 3 Donniemaud Cornhill Banff AB45 2BD
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0919
Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps
Craigievar Hall Muir Of Fowlis Alford Aberdeenshire
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0920
Erection of Agricultural Building
Land At Waulkmill Croft Kemnay AB51 5JA
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0921
Erection of Short Term Letting Accommodation and Erection of Decking
Land At Tomnakeist Farmhouse Ballater AB35 5SD
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0922
Installation of Replacement Doors
Torry Cottage 34 Torry Street Huntly AB54 8DA
Received 28 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0923
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to form Extension to Golf Course (Class 11)
Inverurie Golf Club Davah Wood Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5JB
Received 29 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0924
Erection of Agricultural Building
Midtown Of Barras Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2UD
Received 29 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0925
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building
Backhill Of Westerton Rothienorman AB53 8QY
Received 29 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0926
Replacement Windows and Installation of 2 Extractor Fans
3A - G Back Path Banff AB45 1AR
Received 29 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0927
Condition 2(a) Siting, Design, Layout, External Appearance, Finishing Materials, Waste Bin Uplift Area, Driveway, Parking, Turning Area and EV Charging Point, (b) Means of Access, (c) Landscaping Scheme, (d) Levels Survey, Cross Sections, Finished Floor Levels and (e) Drainage of Planning Permission Reference APP/2025/0320 for Erection Of Dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent To Little Collieston Croft Mains Of Collieston Aberdeenshire AB41 8RU
Received 29 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0928
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Scarbuie 11 Salisbury Road Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5QY
Received 29 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0929
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Druggam Drumoak AB31 5HP
Received 29 May 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0930
Installation of Ground Mounted Solar Panels (Retrospective)
Sunnyside House Strachan Banchory AB31 6NL
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0932
Erection of Workshop/Garage
Site Adjacent To 1 Hillview Cottages Hillview Cottages Road Lumsden Aberdeenshire AB54 4JN
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0933
Siting Of Container (Retrospective)
Land Adjacent To The A93 South Of East Mains Of Drum Drumoak AB31 5AN
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0898
Erection of 8 Dwellinghouses
Plots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 And 11 Former Aviation Fuel Distribution Centre Millmoss Station Road Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4ER
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0934
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Domestic Garden Ground (Class 9) and Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Baltimore Strathdon Aberdeenshire AB36 8TT
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0935
Installation of Air Conditioning Unit
Police Scotland Police Station 11 Castle Street Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8BP
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0936
Erection of Polytunnels
The Croft Inn New Aberdour Aberdeenshire AB43 7LS
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0028
Pruning of 2 Yew Trees
52 Bogie Street Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8HF
Received 1 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0908
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to form Extension to Golf Course (Class 11)
Inverurie Golf Club Davah Wood Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5JB
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0939
Formation of Golf Course, Ancillary Development and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Mains Of Cairnbulg Fraserburgh
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0940
Erection of 2 Residential Cabins
Land Adjacent To Cragganmore Greens New Deer Turriff AB53 6XT
Received 2 Jun 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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