Lower Deeside planning approval rate
Lower Deeside ward in Aberdeen has a 93.2% approval rate based on 2,725 planning decisions. Aberdeen overall: 94.3%.
Last updated: May 2026
93.2%
ward approval rate
2,725
Decisions
2,541
Approved
184
Refused
94.3%
Aberdeen average
Lower Deeside is broadly in line with the Aberdeen average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Lower Deeside compares
Lower Deeside ward
93.2%
Aberdeen overall
94.3%
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Recent decisions in Lower Deeside
260087/DPP
Installation of 50no. solar panel array to flat roof of existing multi purpose h · Wed 04 Feb 2026
260016/DPP
Replacement of timber french doors with PVCu french doors to side · Mon 12 Jan 2026
260021/PNW
Replacement of existing timber windows to principal elevations, located within d · Fri 09 Jan 2026
251376/DPP
Erection of dwellinghouses (change of house types and external layout to plots 6 · Mon 05 Jan 2026
251395/DPP
Erection of single storey side/rear extension; erection of garden fence, gates a · Mon 22 Dec 2025
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Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill (96.4%)
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill (93.5%)