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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/1208
Alterations and Extension to a Building
John Bell Pipeline Equipment Co Ltd Unit 4 Camiestone Road Thainstone Business Park Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5GT
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1210
Alterations and Extension to Ancillary Accommodation to form Dwellinghouse and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
Reekie Farm Steading Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8NQ
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1211
Erection of Office, Sheds, Polytunnel, Solar Panels, Seating Area, Car Port, Car Parking, Fencing and Gates in Association with Community Allotments
Memorial Allotments North Street Aberchirder
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1212
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
San Remo 4 Durn Drive Portsoy Aberdeenshire AB45 2QW
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1213
Change of Use and Alterations of Hotel (Class 7) to 3 Holiday Apartments
Fife Arms Hotel 25 The Square Aberchirder AB54 7TA
Received 15 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1214
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Formation of Driveway
2 Davan Place Ellon AB41 9FZ
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1215
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage
Reekie Alford AB33 8NQ
Received 15 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1216
Extension of Agricultural Storage Building in relation to Prior Notification Reference APP/2026/0737
Knaps Newmachar AB21 0QJ
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1217
Alterations to Dwellinghouse (Replacement Windows)
Midtown Of Haddo Inverkeithny Huntly AB54 7XA
Received 16 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1218
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
Site To West Of Chapleton Of Clova Lumsden Huntly
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1219
Conversion, Alterations and Extension and Change of Use of Redundant Steading to Class 11 (Health & Wellbeing) and Short Term Let Accommodation (Sui Generis) With Car Parking and Associated Site Works
Woodburnden Fordoun Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire AB30 1JL
Received 16 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1220
Siting of a Touring Caravan within Domestic Curtilage
Little Mains Of Wardhouse Wardhouse Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6XT
Received 16 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1221
Erection of Garage and Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Domestic Curtilage (Retrospective)
Monellie Cottage Drumblade Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 6ER
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1222
Change of Use from Care Home (Class 8) to Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Pitmurchie House Torphins Aberdeenshire AB31 4JL
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1224
Erection of Class 5 (General Industrial) Paint Shop and Workshop and Relocation of Shipping Containers
Station Garage Craigour Road Torphins AB31 4UE
Received 16 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1225
Erection of Fence
Willow Croft Cornhill Aberdeenshire AB45 2AX
Received 17 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1226
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
2 Kilduthie Cottages Raemoir Banchory AB31 5QU
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1227
Siting of Residential Caravan, Solar Panels and Associated Infrastructure, Change of Use from Agricultural to Business and Erection of Animal Shelters and Outbuildings and Siting of Food Van and Caravans (Retrospective)
Sunny Hill Farm Memsie Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 7AP
Received 17 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1229
Erection of Agricultural Building
South Burnside Ythanbank Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 7UB
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1230
Alterations and Extensions to Existing Business Units Including Relocation of Dog Grooming Building
Deeside Activity Park Lumphanan Aberdeenshire AB34 5BD
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1231
Internal Alterations
1 Old Market Place Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1GE
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1232
Change of Use of Offices (Class 1A) to Ground Floor Public House (Sui Generis) and First Floor Residential Flat (Sui Generis)
1 Old Market Place Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 1GE
Received 17 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1233
Installation of Replacement Doors
Adenlea 3-5 Abbey Street Old Deer AB42 5LN
Received 17 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1234
Installation of Replacement Windows and Doors
Adenlea 3-5 Abbey Street Old Deer AB42 5LN
Received 17 Jul 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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