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Aberdeen Wood Centre 15 St Machar Road Aberdeen AB24 3YJ

260552/DPPDetailed Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Approve ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to class 5 (general industrial) for MOT Testing, servicing and repairs including installation of roller shutters, fire exit doors and customer entrance screen and door, replacement roof, formation of raised roof areas to the MOT bays together with the increase height to the main front parapet area including rendering, cladding; installation of gates and associated car parking

Received
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
Agent
Bourne Wood Partnership Limited
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Aberdeen Wood Centre 15 St Machar Road Aberdeen AB24 3YJ. Aberdeen has handled 3,869 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen. We hold 916 applications in total for the AB24 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
AB24 3YJ
Application type
Detailed Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tillydrone

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
23 June 2026
Target decision date
21 July 2026
Permission expires
8 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bourne Wood Partnership Limited
Agent address
Salisbury Hall London Colney St. Albans AL2 1BU
Applicant company

Halfords Autocentres Limited

Company number 04050548

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
10 Aug 2000 (26 years old)
Nature of business
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Registered office
Redditch

1 other planning application by this company in Aberdeen.

  • 260813/ADV · Aberdeen · Aberdeen Wood Centre 15 St Machar Road Aberdeen AB24 3YJ
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Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeen

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