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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878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/1491
Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Domestic (Use Class 9) and Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
Lower Parkhead Cottage Glass Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 4YE
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1493
Widening of Road and Alteration to Driveway
Land At Newbarns Oldmeldrum
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1494
Erection of Garden Room (Retrospective)
18 David Mclean Drive Alford Aberdeenshire AB33 8PW
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1495
Installation of Replacement Windows
North Lodge Eden House Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 3NT
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1496
Alterations to Roof of Office Building
1-3 High Street Inverurie AB51 3QA
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1497
Installation of Replacement Roofs and Windows to Dormers and Re-slate Front Roof
1-3 High Street Inverurie AB51 3QA
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1498
Installation of Replacement Doors
Adelaide Cottage 26 Castle Street Johnshaven Aberdeenshire DD10 0ER
Received 31 Aug 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1499
Change of Use of an Agricultural Building to Flexible Commercial Use (Storage and Distribution Use Class 6)
Burnside Kintore AB51 0YJ
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1500
Erection of Fence (Retrospective)
Hillcrest Glagoforest Kinellar Blackburn Aberdeenshire AB21 0SG
Received 1 Sept 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0062
Felling of 1 Beech Tree
1 Blaikie Place Kingseat Newmachar AB21 0AR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1501
Change of Use From Class 4 (Business) to Class 5 (General Industrial) and Erection of Fence (Part Retrospective)
Brumac Centre Laurencekirk Business Park Aberdeen Road Laurencekirk AB30 1EY
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1502
Replacement Windows
31 Duff Street Macduff AB44 1QL And 48 Gellymill Street Macduff AB44 1TN
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1503
External Alterations to Hotel Including Replacement of Windows and Door
Huntly Hotel 18 The Square Huntly Aberdeenshire AB54 8BR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1506
Extension to Caravan Site Operating Times (March to January)
Surfside Caravan Park Harbour Road Fraserburgh AB43 9TB
Received 2 Sept 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1595
Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Class 6 Storage Yard and Associated Car Parking (Retrospective)
Harper Uk (Aberdeen) Ltd St Sairs Colpy Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6TG
Received 2 Sept 2026 - DecidedENQ/2026/1596
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 Aberdeenshire
Received 2 Sept 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1507
Erection of Agricultural Building
Land At Lower Braeside Croft Kennethmont Huntly AB54 4QR
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1508
Conditions 2 (a) Siting, Design and Layout, (b) Access and Visibility Splays, (c) Landscaping, (d) Levels Survey, and (e) Foul and Surface Water of Planning Permission in Principle Reference APP/2024/1291 for Erection of Dwellinghouse and Garage
Land At Berryhill Land Memsie Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1509
Erection of Agricultural Digestate Storage Tank
Fiddesbeg Udny Ellon Aberdeenshire AB41 6QS
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1510
Erection of Dwellinghouse
Land To North Of Scatterburn Farm Ardoe AB12 5XX
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1511
Demolition of Dwellinghouse
West Pitdoulzie Cottage Woodhead Auchterless Turriff AB53 8EN
Received 3 Sept 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0063
Tree Works
Dalvorar House Braemar AB35 5YA
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1512
Alterations, Extension and Conversion Of Existing Garage/Store To Rod Room/Function Area
Mill Cottage Dess Aboyne AB34 5BA
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionENQ/2026/1606
Erection of Offshore Transmission Infrastructure
Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm 120km East Of Stonehaven Aberdeenshire
Received 3 Sept 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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