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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0971
Change of Use from Office (First and Second Floor) (Class 1A) to Residential Flat (Sui Generis)
64 Allardice Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2AA
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0972
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses Without Compliance with Conditions 1b (Off Street Parking), 3 (Landscaping) and 4 (Energy Statement) of Full Planning Permission Reference APP/2016/2302
Site Adjacent To Mill Of Fechel Udny Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 6SS
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0948
Erection of Green Hydrogen Production and Distribution Facility
Evolution Hydrogen Land At Wellbank Business Park Blackhills Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 3JH
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0974
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse (Amended Design to Planning Permission APP/2025/0909)
10 Crovie Village Gardenstown Aberdeenshire AB45 3JQ
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0975
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse (Amended Design to Planning Permission APP/2025/0910)
10 Crovie Village Gardenstown Aberdeenshire AB45 3JQ
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0976
Alterations and Change of Use from Care Home (Class 8) to Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Abbeyfield House Kincardine Road Torphins Aberdeenshire AB31 4GH
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0977
Replacement Windows
3A-G Back Path Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1AR
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0978
Erection of Replacement Dwellinghouse, Garage and Domestic Workshop (Change of House Type to Previously Approved APP/2022/1183)
Dalriach Cottage Kemnay Aberdeenshire AB51 5LP
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0979
Installation of Replacement Windows
1E Arbuthnott Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2JB
Received 5 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0980
Change of Use of Land, Erection of 5 Recreational Huts and Formation of Associated Parking and Paths
Land South Of Bardspark Stables Stonehaven AB39 3XB
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0981
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Slacks Lodge Alvah Banff AB45 3TX
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0982
Erection of Whisky Storage Building and Formation of Hardstanding
Glendronach Distillery Forgue Huntly AB54 6DB
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0983
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent To Bankhead Auchterless Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 8BD
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0984
Alterations and Partial Change of Use from Hotel (Class 7) to 3 Flats (Sui Generis)
Aberdeen Arms Hotel 31 The Square Tarland AB34 4TX
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0985
Relocation of Shed
Land At Deep Farm Arbuthnott Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0986
Installation of 1 Illuminated Sign
Former Secret Garden Ballater Road Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5HN
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/0987
Replacement Windows
5 - 21 Culbert Street Portsoy AB45 2QP
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0989
Replacement Windows
5 - 21 Culbert Street Portsoy AB45 2QP
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0958
Erection of 37 Dwellinghouses and 8 Flats (EIA)
Phase 5 Greenacres Wester Clerkhill Kinmundy Road Peterhead
Received 8 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0991
Erection of Slurry Tower
Forest Farm Dairy Kinellar Blackburn AB21 0SH
Received 9 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0992
Installation of 2 Extractor Fans
3A & B Back Path Banff AB45 1AR
Received 9 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0993
Demolition Of Existing Garage And Erection Of New Garden Store
34 Seafield Street Whitehills AB45 2NR
Received 9 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0995
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Retaining Wall (Retrospective)
9 Abbey Street Old Deer Aberdeenshire AB42 5LN
Received 9 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0996
Demolition of Dwellinghouse and Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
The Croft Cottage Woodend Of Glassel Glassel Banchory AB31 4DB
Received 9 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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