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North Craighead Forest Mintlaw

APP/2026/0162Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Upgrade and Extension to Forestry Private Way

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Central Buchan
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at North Craighead Forest Mintlaw. Aberdeenshire has handled 964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Aberdeenshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Central Buchan. We hold 853 applications in total for the AB42 postcode area.

95% of outline 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

Postcode
AB42 5EL
Application type
Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Deer

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Target decision date
8 March 2026
Application expires
8 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Drumfours Muir Of Fowlis Alford AB33 8NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeenshire

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