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Scottish Water Waste Water Treatment Works Marykirk Laurencekirk

APP/2025/0054Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of Use of Land from Agricultural to Waste Water Treatment Works and Installation of Associated Infrastructure

Received
15 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Mearns
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 244 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Scottish Water Waste Water Treatment Works Marykirk Laurencekirk. Aberdeenshire has handled 5,477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 28 weeks longer than Aberdeenshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Mearns.

96% of full applications at Aberdeenshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mearns

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2025
Consultation expiry
27 February 2025
Consultation end
5 February 2025
Last date for comments
27 February 2025
Target decision date
21 March 2025
Application expires
21 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
27 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
36
Constraints
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeenshire

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