Box storage and offices at 15 Bon-accord Square, Aberdeen
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee on 4 Dec 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application proposed changing the ground floor to a box storage facility at the rear, with offices at the front.
“The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-”
“That the application for Detailed Planning Permission for the change of use of ground floor to box storage facility (within the rear element of the building) and associated office accommodation (to the front), at 15 Bon Accord Square Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-”
Minutes
Conditions on the use
The conditions restricted the approved use to box storage, limited operating hours to 08:00–18:00, and required cycle storage before use.
“That the use hereby approved shall be operated in general accordance with the details set out in the supporting statement by Bowden Developments Ltd (Ref: 251082-01) and shall be utilised as a box storage facility only as described by the applicant.”
“That the development hereby granted planning permission shall not be brought into use unless a scheme detailing cycle storage provision has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the planning authority, and thereafter implemented in full accordance with said scheme. Reason - in the interests of encouraging more sustainable modes of travel.”
Minutes
Who spoke
The senior planner spoke in support of the application and answered members’ questions, while the applicant also answered questions.
The committee’s decision
The committee approved the application conditionally.
“The Committee resolved:- to approve the application conditionally.”
Minutes
Sources
- Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee minutes, 4 December 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Aberdeen's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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