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Land To The West Of Hillbrae Way Newmachar

ENQ/2026/0187EIA Screening RequestApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: EIA Opinion AdoptedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Planning Permission in Principle for Residential Development and Associated Infrastructure (Phases 2 and 3) and Planning Permission for Erection of 158 Dwellinghouses and Associated Infrastructure (Phase 1)

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
East Garioch
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land To The West Of Hillbrae Way Newmachar. Aberdeenshire has handled 964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Aberdeenshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across East Garioch. We hold 289 applications in total for the AB21 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
AB21 0PJ
Application type
EIA Screening Request
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
158
Parish
Newmachar

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
4 June 2026
Application expires
4 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
79

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Aberdeenshire

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