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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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/2026/0997
Resurface Driveway
Cedar Wood Lodge Rhu-na-haven Road Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5JB
Received 9 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/0999
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building
Mill Of Knockenbaird Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6TP
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0029
Tree Works
Lathallan School Johnshaven Montrose DD10 0HN
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1000
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type at Plot 16 of Full Planning Permission Reference APP/2019/1306)
2 Clio Mews Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 5NE
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1001
Alterations and Extension to Garage
Drumdurno Farmhouse Pitcaple Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5HT
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1002
Alterations and Extension to Existing Ancillary Accommodation
Mill Of Glenconrie Strathdon Aberdeenshire AB36 8YQ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1003
Change of Use from Office (First and Second Floor) (Class 4) to Residential Flat (Sui Generis) Including Internal Alterations
2 Market Square Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2BT
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1005
Erection of 2 Class 4 (Business) and 2 Class 5 (General Industrial) Workshop/Lockups
Land To South Of Brae Cottage Station Road Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1006
Erection of Replacement Poultry Shed with Associated Biomass Boiler Building and Welfare Facilities including Demolition of Existing Shed and Relocation of Existing Access
Pitfour Rearing Farm Mintlaw Peterhead AB42 4JP
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1007
Alterations and Extension to Agricultrual Building
East Balhagarty Farm Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire AB30 1HT
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/0981
Erection of Buildings for Retail Use (Class 1A), Drive-Thru Restaurant (Class 3), Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and Associated Infrastructure
Land At South Harbour Road South Harbour Road Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1008
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building (Retrospective)
Land To The North West Of Little Cattie Croft Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire AB51 0DP
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/0985
Erection of 23 Affordable Dwellinghouses, 26 Affordable Flats and Associated Infrastructure
Former Blythewood House Site School Road Port Elphinstone Inverurie AB51 3XD
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0030
Fixed Steel Rod Bracing and Minor Crown Reduction of Split Ash Tree
Cosmoslea 1 Gladstone Road Huntly AB54 8EZ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1009
Formation of Pedestrian and Cycleway Link
Land At East Mains Inchmarlo Banchory
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1010
Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Lodges and 95 Residential Units and Associated Infrastructure (Amendments to detail approved under APP/2011/2402) Without Compliance with Condition 1 (Phasing) of Planning Permission APP/2021/0247
Land At Inchmarlo Banchory
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1011
Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Lodges and 95 Residential Units and Associated Infrastructure (Amendments to detail approved under APP/2011/2402) Without Compliance with Condition 3 (Footpath and Cycle Linkage) of Planning Permission APP/2021/0247
Land At Inchmarlo Banchory
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1012
Extension to Raise Roof Height including Formation of Dormer Window to Dwellinghouse
15 Red Inch Circle Newburgh AB41 6AW
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0031
Felling of Silver Birch Tree
38 Golf Road Ballater AB35 5RE
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1014
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The West Of Milton Of Auchenhove Lumphanan Aberdeenshire AB31 4QR
Received 12 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1015
Upgrade and Extension to Existing Private Way
Land To North West Of Colmuir Lumphanan Aberdeenshire
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1016
Alterations and Change of Use of Garage (Sui Generis)/Filling Station (Sui Generis) to Retail Store (Class 1A)/Filling Station (Sui Generis)
Meldrum Motors Ltd Spring Garden Urquhart Road Oldmeldrum Inverurie AB51 0EX
Received 12 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1017
Part Change of Use of Member Warehouse (Sui Generis) to Ophthalmic Services (Class 1A), Part Change of Use of Ophthalmic Services (Class 1A) to Member Warehouse (Sui Generis) and External Alterations
Costco Wholesale UK Ltd Endeavour Drive Arnhall Business Park Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6UF
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1018
Alterations to Shop and Formation of Plant Compound
Unit 3 Inverurie Retail Park Oldmeldrum Road Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0GZ
Received 12 Jun 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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