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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/1019
Display of Signage (Illuminated and Non Illuminated)
Unit 3 Inverurie Retail Park Oldmeldrum Road Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0GZ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1021
Alterations to Dwellinghouse and Internal Alterations
Mains Of Cowie Cowie Stonehaven AB39 3RE
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1022
Siting of Cabin and Mobile Sauna
Land At Port Erroll Harbour Port Erroll Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire AB42 0NB
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1023
Extension to Dwellinghouse
14 Morrison Place Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire AB42 3HW
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1025
Extension to Dwellinghouse
15 Balmellie Place Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 4DA
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1026
Existing Use - Ready Mix Concrete Plant, Staff Welfare Facilities, Site Office and Associated Infrastructure (Access, Parking and Truck Turning)
Faichfield Quarry Longside Aberdeenshire AB42 3ED
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1027
Extension to Dwellinghouse Including Installation of Flue and Formation of Steps
19 Malcolm's Way Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2ST
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1028
Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Lumsden Way Balmedie AB23 8TS
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1030
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse Including Repositioning of Existing Shed
4 Whitestone Steading Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6LX
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1031
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Steading At Mains Of Artamford Maud AB42 4PA
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1032
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Bucharn Croft Strachan Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6NQ
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1033
Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Class 6 Storage Yard and Associated Car Parking (Retrospective)
Harper Uk (Aberdeen) Ltd St Sairs Business Park Colpy Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6TG
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1034
Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Class 6 Storage and Distribution and Engineering Works Including Raising of Ground Levels
Land Adjacent To St Sairs Business Park Colpy Insch AB52 6TG
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1036
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
Land To East Of Woodend Croft Muir Of Fowlis Alford Aberdeenshire
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1037
Installation of Underground Cable and Joint Boxes
Land Adjacent To Old Home Farm Fyvie Castle Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 8JS
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1038
Erection of 5 Dwellinghouses (Change of Housetype to Planning Permission Reference APP/2025/1456)
OP1 Site Phase 2A Nether Aden Mintlaw Peterhead Aberdeenshire
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1039
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
29 High Street Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6JE
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1032
Erection of up 13 Wind Turbines (200m to Blade Tip) Formation of Access Track and Associated Infrastructure
Land At Clashmach Hill Southwest Of Huntly
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1041
Installation of Extract Vent
8 High Street Stonehaven AB39 2JL
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1042
Replacement Door
23 Reidhaven Street Whitehills AB45 2NJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1044
Installation of Replacement Windows in Relation to Prior Notification APP/2026/0613
Lyleston 44 Robert Street Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2DJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1045
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Brig O Lead Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8PD
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1047
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Fare Park Crescent Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6WH
Received 18 Jun 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1048
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Retaining Wall and Pergola
Nether Swanley Rickarton Stonehaven AB39 3US
Received 18 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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