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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1353
Installation of Replacement Windows
Old Post House 10 Abbey Street Old Deer Aberdeenshire AB42 5LN
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1354
Change of Use of Open Land and Alterations and Extension to Existing Veterinary Practice (Class 1A) - (Amendment to APP/2025/0224)
Meadows Veterinary Centre Station Road Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire AB51 0EZ
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1355
Alterations and Extension to Dwellighouse
14 Fetternear View Kemnay Inverurie AB51 5JF
Received 7 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1356
Alterations and Change Of Use from Class 4 (Business) / Class 5 (General Industrial) to Class 6 (Storage or Distribution)
25 Blackhouse Circle Blackhouse Industrial Estate Peterhead AB42 1BN
Received 7 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1357
Installation Of External Air Source Heat Pump Unit
25 Blackhouse Circle Blackhouse Industrial Estate Peterhead AB42 1BN
Received 7 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1358
Display of 3x Fascia Advertisement Signs (Illuminated)
25 Blackhouse Circle Blackhouse Industrial Estate Peterhead AB42 1BN
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1359
Installation of Boiler Flues and Underground LGP Tank
Braemar Parish Church Cluniebank Road Braemar Aberdeenshire
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1360
Alterations to Dwellinghouse and Erection of Garage and Car Port
Ben Bhraggie Rhu-na-haven Road Aboyne AB34 5JB
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1361
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Mains Of Kinmundy Bungalow Westhill AB15 8RB
Received 10 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1362
Installation of Replacement Doors
15 Canmore Road Braemar AB35 5XG
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1363
Extension to Dwellinghouse
19 Kinmundy Drive Grange Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 2AW
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1364
Erection of Outbuilding
20 East Street St Combs AB43 8ZX
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1365
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Fiddiestown Cornhill AB45 2HJ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1366
Installation of Replacement Windows in relation to Prior Notification Reference APP/2026/0954
Torry Cottage 34 Torry Street Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8DA
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1367
Change of Use and Conversion of Byre to Dwellinghouse
Hawkshill Barn Newmachar AB21 7UU
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1368
Installation of 2 Air Source Heat Pumps
Rothney House North Road Insch AB52 6XP
Received 11 Aug 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1456
Solar PV Scheme Extension
Invercannie Water Treatment Works Inchmarlo Banchory
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1369
Erection of Free Range Poultry Shed (Egg Production) And Feed Silos
Land At Parkside Plaidy Turriff AB53 5NT
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1370
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To The Rear Of Cultercullen Croft Cultercullen Udny Station AB41 6QQ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1371
Change of Use of Guest House (Class 7) to Dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Chapelpark Whitecairns Aberdeenshire AB23 8UQ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1372
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
66 Fraser Place Kemnay Aberdeenshire AB51 5NH
Received 11 Aug 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1460
Erection of Wind Turbine (Hub Height 55.6m Total Height 79.6m) and Associated Infrastructure
Site At East Leylodge Farm Kintore Aberdeenshire AB51 0XY
Received 11 Aug 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0049
Felling of 7 Mixed Broadleaves and Conifer Trees
East Blackiemuir Beechwood Road Laurencekirk AB30 1AR
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1374
Dormer Extension
26 Eastside Drive Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6QN
Received 12 Aug 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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