St Peter's Rc Primary School 74 Dunbar Street Aberdeen AB24 3UJ Data via plota.co.uk

251345/DPP - Detailed Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use from class 4 (office) to class 10 (primary school), erection of extension including installation of replacement doors, creation and removal of door openings and fencing, gates, bin store and bike rack with associated landscaping and parking, creation of plant area with sprinkler tank, pump house and substation Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 4 Sept 2026, 20:07

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Application progress

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Received

6 Jan 2026

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Committee

20 Aug 2026

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Approved

31 Aug 2026

Approved on 31 Aug 2026 · Committee · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee on 20 Aug 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

Officers recommended approval of the school changes, subject to conditions.
A senior planner spoke in support of the application and answered members’ questions.
The committee approved the application with an additional bus-stop condition.

Source: Plota analysis of Aberdeen's committee minutes, Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee minutes, 20 August 2026 .

Documents 131

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Detailed Planning Permission APPROVE Decision Notice · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee report Report of Handling · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 32

PDF Additional transport statement Supporting Statement · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Odour Assessment Supporting Statement · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF REV 01 Landscape Specification Supporting Statement · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Granite infill methodology Supporting Statement · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 7001 P2 Biodiversity Enhancement Plan Drawing · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey Supporting Statement · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF REV P01 Transport Statement Addendum Supporting Statement · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 83

Application forms 3

PDF Application PDF Application Form · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PSAD Form Application Form · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PSAD Form Application Form · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 10

PDF Roads Development Management Consultee Comment · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Consultee Comment · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response to Planning Officer Other · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Response to Planning Letter Other · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

PDF Environmental Health Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Roads Development Management Consultee Comment · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Archaeology Service Consultee Comment · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Waste Management Consultee Comment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Notification List Neighbour Notification List · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

Grade B listed: Statue Of Rev Charles Gordon, St Peter's Roman Catholic School, King Street, Aberdeen

List entry LB20008 · 23 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade B)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

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144 m3 Clark's Lane, Old Aberdeen, AberdeenGrade B

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Also on the record

Conservation area 30 m away: Old Aberdeen/Balgownie.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Aberdeen
Application type: Detailed Planning Permission
Postcode: AB24 3UJ
Received: 6 Jan 2026
Validated: 6 Jan 2026
Ward: Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
Parish: Old Aberdeen
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Mar 2026
Decision: Approve Conditionally
Decision date: 31 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: jmarchitects

How this decision compares

Decided in 237 days from validation, 175 days slower than Aberdeen's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

This one237d

Council62d

UK56d

38%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

119decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Aberdeen in the last twelve months, from validation. Aberdeen decision record →