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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/1267
Formation of Private Way (Forestry)
Craiginour Fetteresso Forest Aberdeenshire
Received 23 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0041
Tree Works
Cromdale 8 Slug Road Stonehaven Aberdeenshire AB39 2EX
Received 23 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1268
Retrospective Consent for Low Voltage Overhead Supported by Wooden Poles
Mains Of Gartly Farmhouse Gartly Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 4QB
Received 23 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1269
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
35 Hallgreen Road Inverbervie Aberdeenshire DD10 0SQ
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1272
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Domestic Workshop
Site West Of Keilhill Smithy Keilhill Banff
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1273
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site South Of Minerva Keilhill Banff
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1274
Erection of Agricultural Shed (Retrospective)
Carpenters Croft Craigston Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 5RR
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1275
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Domestic (Use Class 9) and Erection of Domestic Workshop/Store (Retrospective)
Carpenters Croft Craigston Turriff Aberdeenshire AB53 5RR
Received 24 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1276
Erection of 3 Lodges Short Term Letting Accommodation (Change of Lodge Design to Planning Permission APP/2025/1364)
Correen Cottage Lumsden Aberdeenshire AB54 4LE
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1277
Extension to Dwellinghouse
6 Gordon Place Tarves AB41 7NW
Received 24 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1278
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Residential (Class 9) and Erection of Garage
8 Main Street Garmond Cuminestown AB53 5TQ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1279
Alterations and Subdivision of Dwellinghouse to Form Dwellinghouse and Self Contained Flat
Morven 13 The Square Portsoy AB45 2NX
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1280
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
Morven 13 The Square Portsoy AB45 2NX
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0042
Felling of 2 Fruit Trees and 1 Pine Tree
Craigveigh West Gordon Crescent Aboyne AB34 5HJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0043
Felling of 1 Tree
Moss Cottage Broombank Terrace Braemar AB35 5YA
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1285
Installation of Signage
Unit South Of Westpark Drive Blackburn Aberdeenshire AB21 0BU
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1286
Change of Use of Land to Domestic (Class 9) and Erection of Fence (Retrospective)
15 Waterside Way Waterside Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1GB
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1287
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
19 Boswell Road Portlethen Aberdeenshire AB12 4BA
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1288
Installation of 33kV Overhead Line supported by Wooden Poles (Amendment to APP/2025/1032)
Land At Cairncatto Longhaven Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 4YR
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1289
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse Including Erection of Fence
Haugh Head Torphins Aberdeenshire AB31 4NN
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0044
Felling of 1 Wych Elm Tree
Craigneuk 22 Craigs Road Ellon AB41 9DP
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1290
Conversion and Extension of Stable to Provide Operational, Volunteer, and Educational Accommodation (Sui Generis)
Allt-na-giubhsaich Stables Glen Muick Ballater AB35 5SQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1291
Conversion and Extension of Stable to Provide Operational, Volunteer, and Educational Accommodation (Sui Generis)
Allt-na-giubhsaich Stables Glen Muick Ballater AB35 5SQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1292
Internal and External Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse Including Conversion of Existing Outbuilding, Installation of Air Source Heat Pump, Erection of Log and Bin Store and Associated Works
Allt Na Giubhsaich Bothy Glen Muick Ballater Aberdeenshire
Received 28 Jul 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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