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Land To South And West Of Forrit Brae Bucksburn Aberdeen AB21 9SL (Rowett South)

Granted Aberdeen City 251332/S42

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Residential-led mixed use development including approx. 1700 homes, local retail and commercial provision, education, leisure and community uses and associated new and upgraded access roads, landscaping and ancillary engineering works (variation of condition 17 (noise mitigation for new homes) of 180650/S42 to reduce the required standards for noise in line with neighbouring developments

As published by the council, reference 251332/S42

Application record

Reference
251332/S42
Status
Approved
Decision
Approve Conditionally & Legal Agreement
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Decided
7 Sep 2026
Ward
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
Parish
Bucksburn And Newhills
Postcode
AB21 9SL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Aberdeen City register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 261053/MSC Awaiting decision

    Land To South And West Of Forrit Brae Bucksburn Aberdeen AB21 9SL (Rowett South)

    Approval of matters specify in condition 31 (submission of masterplan) of planning permission ref. 251332/S42 for residential-led mixed use development including approx. 1700 homes, local retail and commercial provision, education, leisure and community uses and associated new and upgraded access roads, landscaping and ancillary engineering works

    Submitted 9 Sep 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Received by Aberdeen City

  2. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 7 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Approve Conditionally & Legal Agreement

  4. 10 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Approved

    Previously Pending.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

54 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Aberdeen City granted permission on 7 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Aberdeen City's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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