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Site At Bracken Cottage Benholm Johnshaven Aberdeenshire

APP/2025/2099Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Siting Of Two Holiday Accommodation Pods (Sui Generis)

Received
18 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Mearns
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Site At Bracken Cottage Benholm Johnshaven Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire has handled 5,477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 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
Medium
Parish
Benholm & Johnshaven

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
22 February 2026
Application expires
22 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Scotsmill Avenue Blackburn AB21 0HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
5 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
41
Constraints
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeenshire

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