Understanding planning advice
Planning advice provides best practice guidance on how to meet the requirements of the Local Development Plan.
A number of Development Briefs and Masterplans have been prepared which hold the same status as planning advice. View Development Briefs and Masterplans.
In addition in 2015 the Economic Development function have provided advice on obtaining community benefits from renewable energy developments, including wind turbines.
Review of advice is a continuous process and the policy team monitor the planning advice, and refresh it as required. The list below represents all the most up to date agreed planning advice:
- PA2023-01 – Aberdeenshire Forestry and Woodland Strategy (PDF 1.53MB)
- PA2023-02 – Allotments (previous reference 1/2019) (PDF 583KB)
- PA2023-03 – Landscape Sensitivity Wind Energy: this planning advice is currently in development and will be made available in due course; please refer to Planning Advice 1/2014 Strategic Landscape Capacity for windfarms until the new advice is published
- PA2023-04 – Energetica (previous reference 5/2012) (PDF 9.29MB)
- PA2023-05 – Energy Statements (PDF 481KB)
- PA2023-06 – Fraserburgh Shopfront Design (previous reference 2/2018) (PDF 4.1MB)
- PA2023-07 – Landscape Character Advice for Small Scale Development Introduction (previous reference 12/2012) (PDF 1.7MB)
- PA2023-07a - Coastal Landscape Character Types (PDF 6.03MB)
- PA2023-07b - Woodlands and Valley Landscape Character Types (PDF 9.13MB)
- PA2023-07c - Upland Landscape Character Types (PDF 2.92MB)
- PA2023-07d - Farmed and Lowland Landscape Character Types (PDF 16.7MB)
- PA2023-08 – Landscaping Design (previous reference 13/2015) (PDF 482KB)
- PA2023-09 – Masterplanning (previous reference 7/2012) (PDF 2.23MB)
- PA2023-10 – Securing Positive Effects for Biodiversity (PDF 648KB)
- PA2023-11 – Development in the Countryside in the Countryside Policies R1 and R2 including Organic Growth of Settlements: this planning advice is currently in development and will be made available in due course
- PA2023-12 – Outdoor Access and Development (previous reference 10/2015) (PDF 622KB)
- PA2023-13 – Pipelines and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones (previous reference 1/2017) (PDF 575KB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 1 to 10 (PDF 4.69MB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 11 to 20 (PDF 5.19MB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 21 to 30 (PDF 4.91MB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 31 to 40 (PDF 4.94MB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 41 to 50 (PDF 5.37MB)
- PA2023-13 - Pipeline and Hazardous Development Consultation Zones - maps 51 to 56 (PDF 3.21MB)
- PA2023-14 – Residential Caravans (PDF 610KB)
- PA2023-15 – SP=EED (Successful Planning = Effective Engagement and Delivery - previous reference 1/2018) (PDF 587KB)
- PA2023-16 – Buffer Strips (previous reference 9/2015) (PDF 415KB)
- PA2023-17 - Baseline Ecological Survey (previous reference 6/2015) (PDF 481KB)
- PA2023-18 – Tourist Facilities (PDF 362KB)
- PA2023-19 – Town Centre Impacts (PDF 834KB)
- PA2023-20 – Trees and Development (previous reference 11/2015) (PDF 520KB)
- PA2023-21 – Assessing Wind Energy Developments (PDF 512KB)
- PA2023-22 – Providing Drainage for New Developments where Public Sewers are not available (previous reference 1/2008) (PDF 391KB)