Planning application
Former Blythewood House Site School Road Port Elphinstone Inverurie AB51 3XD
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of 23 Affordable Dwellinghouses, 26 Affordable Flats and Associated Infrastructure
As published by the council, reference APP/2025/1971
Application record
- Reference
- APP/2025/1971
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Inverurie And District
- Parish
- Inverurie
- Postcode
- AB51 3XD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Aberdeenshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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ENQ/2026/0985 Decided
Former Blythewood House Site School Road Port Elphinstone Inverurie AB51 3XD
Erection of 23 Affordable Dwellinghouses, 26 Affordable Flats and Associated Infrastructure
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by Aberdeenshire
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15 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Aberdeenshire took a median of 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
165 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Aberdeenshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Aberdeenshire decided full applications in a median of 71 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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Decided -
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Former Blythewood House Site School Road Port Elphinstone Inverurie AB51 3XD
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