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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1460
Demolition of 2 Extensions and Alterations to Dwellinghouse, and Alterations and Extension to Garage to Form Home Office
Lyleston 44 Robert Street Stonehaven AB39 2DJ
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1462
Alterations to Dwellinghouse
49 Victoria Street Stonehaven AB39 2LH
Received 26 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1463
Erection of Agricultural Shed
Landsend Cornhill Banff AB45 2HT
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1464
Change of Use from Office (Use Class 4) to Nursery (Use Class 10)
Unit 6A Peregrine Road Westhill Business Park Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6JL
Received 26 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1465
Erection of Agricultural Storage Building
Land At Mains Of Thornton Bourtie Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0JX
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1467
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Kingfisher Cottage Marykirk Laurencekirk AB30 1XL
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1468
Display of Signage (Non-Illuminated)
Site To The East Of Tarves Cemetery Tarves Ellon
Received 26 Aug 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1566
Erection of Training Centre, Associated Roads, Associated Car Parking, Laydown/Work Compound Area(s), Associated Landscaping and Boundary Treatment, Drainage, and Other Ancillary Works
Land Within Thainstone Business Park Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 5GT
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1470
Erection of Dwellinghouse and Stables
Land To The North Of Moss Of Auquharney Bogengarrie Ardallie Mintlaw
Received 27 Aug 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0059
Reduction of Norwegian Spruce
Land South Of Somerset Cottage 25 Mar Road Braemar AB35 5YL
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1471
Installation of Fascia and Projecting Signage
2A Station Square Burn Lane Inverurie AB51 4UZ
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1472
Erection of Domestic Building
Clach-ghrain 24 Chapel Brae Braemar Aberdeenshire AB35 5YT
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1473
Installation of Dosing Kiosks and Associated Infrastructure
New Pitsligo WWTW Land To The South Of Greenspeck Burn New Pitsligo Aberdeenshire AB43 6QS
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1476
Alterations to Hotel Including Replacement Doors
Huntly Hotel 18 The Square Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8BR
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1477
Internal Alterations
Fasnadarach Dinnet Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5PP
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1481
Extension to Agricultural Building
Land At Tillyfar Farm Fyvie Aberdeenshire AB53 8SL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1482
Demolition of Redundant Agricultural Building and Erection of Dwellinghouse
Site Adjacent To Fielding Oyne Insch Aberdeenshire
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1483
Siting Of Accessible Toilet / Baby Changing Pod
Waulkmill Of Ironside New Deer AB53 6UP
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1484
Erection of Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type from Previously Approved APP/2019/0115)
Plot 1 Memsie Meadows Memsie Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 7AN
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionTRE/2026/0060
Felling of All Elm Trees Exhibiting 50% or Greater Canopy Dieback
11 Osprey Gardens Mintlaw Aberdeenshire AB42 4AF
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionTRE/2026/0061
Pruning of 2 Mature Trees
15 Cedars Way Mintlaw Aberdeenshire AB42 4AJ
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1486
Erection of Cattle Court
Land At Gowrie Rora Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 4XA
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1489
Extension to Dwellinghouse and Installation of Flue
3 Gean Court Balmedie AB23 8ST
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1490
Erection Of Dwellinghouse
Land To The North West Of Wellington Cottage Crossfields Turriff AB53 5PG
Received 31 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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