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Hazlehead Academy Groats Road Aberdeen AB15 8BE

250479/DPPDetailed Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 November 2025

Council decision: Approve ConditionallyPlanning committee

Proposal

Erection of secondary school community campus with associated external amenities, including landscaping, parking and sports pitches, including demolition of the existing school and associated buildings

Received
15 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hazlehead/Queen's Cross/Countesswells
Agent
Ryder Architecture
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 176 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hazlehead Academy Groats Road Aberdeen AB15 8BE. Aberdeen has handled 3,869 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 18 weeks longer than Aberdeen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Hazlehead/Queen's Cross/Countesswells. We hold 2,087 applications in total for the AB15 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Aberdeen City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AB15 8BE
Application type
Detailed Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Craigiebuckler And Seafield

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2025
Last date for comments
9 July 2025
Target decision date
14 September 2025
Permission expires
6 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ryder Architecture
Agent address
221 West George Street Glasgow G2 2ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
122 days

Additional information

Documents
73

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeen

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