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Aberdeen City: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Aberdeen City Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000033.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

Aberdeen's Local Development Plan 2023 records a 10-year minimum all-tenure housing land requirement of 7,000 units for the city (set by National Planning Framework 4).

“It sets out a 10 year Minimum All-Tenure Housing Land Requirement of 7,000 units at Annex E.”

Aberdeen City Council, 19 June 2023. Read 25 September 2026. Preceding sentence: 'From February 2023, the National Planning Framework forms part of the statutory development plan.' So the 7,000 figure is NPF4's, cited in the LDP. Plan adopted 19 June 2023 (date used). Next LDP expected 2029; revised Evidence Report approved 19 August 2026.

Transport

Aberdeen's Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee agreed a joint approach to the Wellington Road Junction Improvement Scheme and the Aberdeen South Harbour Link Road, with further engagement.

“The Council has agreed a joined up approach to taking forward the Wellington Road Junction Improvement Scheme and the ongoing development of the Aberdeen South Harbour Link Road project”

Aberdeen City Council, 11 September 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Quote is the opening of the first sentence (the sentence continues). Article says further engagement will 'address 35 points raised during consultation' and a review returns to committee in February. Also on 25 March 2026 the committee decided not to extend Sunday parking charge hours (https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/news/sunday-parking-hours-to-stay-the-same).

Council tax

Band D council tax set by Aberdeen City for 2026–27: £1,747.54 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band
Aberdeen City: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
BandA year
A£1,165.03
B£1,359.20
C£1,553.37
D£1,747.54
E£2,296.07
F£2,839.75
G£3,422.27
H£4,281.47

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

Aberdeen City Council's 2026-27 budget raised Council Tax by 6.8% (Band D £1,748).

“Council Tax will rise by 6.8%.”

Aberdeen City Council, 4 March 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Band D from the council's 'How your Council Tax is spent' information: 'Our band D tax for 2026-27- £1748' (https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Council-Services/council-tax/council-tax-bands-and-billing/information/how-your-council-tax-is-spent). The site is a JavaScript app; text was read from the site's own content API (api.aberdeencity.gov.uk) that renders these pages.

Environment

Aberdeen's Net Zero Routemap sets a pathway for the city to reach net zero emissions by 2045.

“The Net Zero Aberdeen Routemap and six enabling strategies on key themes (Mobility, Buildings and Heat, Circular Economy, Energy Supply, Natural Environment and Empowerment) were approved in 2022, setting a pathway towards the city of Aberdeen achieving net zero emissions by 2045.”

Aberdeen City Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Source text has a narrow no-break space between 'net zero' and 'emissions'. Same page: 'The draft Council Climate and Nature Plan 2026–2030 was approved in June 2026'. No page date shown.

Education

Aberdeen City Council approved a £27.164m programme of repairs and upgrades covering dozens of school buildings over three years.

“Dozens of school buildings in Aberdeen are to get upgrades and improvement works.”

Aberdeen City Council, 5 August 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Approved at Finance and Resources Committee. The school consultations page states 'There are currently no active school consultations.' (https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Council-Services/education-childcare-and-young-people/school-consultations).

What Aberdeen City is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

Recently

5 earlier meetings

  • Wed, 23 September 2026 · Full Council · Cancelled; Requisitioned meeting

    • Written request for special meetingResult not yet read from the minutes.

  • Thu, 17 September 2026 · Full Council · Requisitioned meeting

    • Written request for special meetingResult not yet read from the minutes.

  • Fri, 4 September 2026 · Full Council · Requisitioned meeting

    • Written request for special meetingResult not yet read from the minutes.

  • Wed, 19 August 2026 · Full Council

    • Deputation RequestsResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Minute of Meeting of Aberdeen City Council of 1 July 2026Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Proposal for Funding - Tall Ships Traineeship - referred by Guildry and Mortification Funds Committee of 3 August 2026Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Council Diary and Appointment of Parent Representative to the Education and Children's Services Committee - CORS/26/161Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Scheme of Governance Review 2026 - CORS/26/168Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Local Development Plan Evidence Report Resubmission and Development Plan Scheme - CR&E/26/165Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Masterplanning at Balnagask - F&C/26/167Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Performance Management Framework 2026/27 Refresh - CORS/26/162Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Malik — from Cllr Malik (Labour Party)Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Boulton — from Cllr Boulton (Independent / Other)Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Mrs Stewart — from Cllr Mrs Stewart (Independent / Other)Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillors Brooks, Malik, Allard and Yuill and the Lord Provost — from Cllr Brooks (Conservative and Unionist) and Cllr Malik (Labour Party) and Cllr Allard (Scottish National Party (SNP)) and Cllr Yuill (Liberal Democrats) and the Lord ProvostResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Nicoll — from Cllr Nicoll (Independent / Other)Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Motion Urgent Notice of Motion by Councillors Allard and Yuill — from Cllr Allard (Scottish National Party (SNP)) and Cllr Yuill (Liberal Democrats)Result not yet read from the minutes.

  • Wed, 1 July 2026 · Full Council

    • Admission of BurgessesMinutes published; result not yet read. Minutes
    • Minute of Meeting of Aberdeen City Council of 15 April 2026Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to approve the minute.” Minutes
    • Minute of Meeting of Urgent Business Committee of 29 April 2026Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to approve the minute.” Minutes
    • Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2026-36 and Locality Plans for North, South and Central 2026-36 - CORS/26/139Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- (i) to approve the recommendations; and (ii) to thank Aberdeen Youth Movement for their valuable input with regard to the video and the Community Planning team for their work.” Minutes
    • Treasury Management Strategy Year-End Review - CORS/26/140Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to approve the recommendation.” Minutes
    • Update on Scottish Government Pilot of Drug Checking in Aberdeen - ACHSCP/26/141Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved :- to adopt the motion.” Minutes
    • George Street/Harbour By-Election Result - CORS/26/145Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to approve the recommendation.” Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Kusznir — from Cllr Kusznir (Conservative and Unionist)Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved :- to adopt the motion.” Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Kusznir — from Cllr Kusznir (Conservative and Unionist)Minutes published; result not yet read. Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Boulton — from Cllr Boulton (Independent / Other)Minutes published; result not yet read. Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Brooks — from Cllr Brooks (Conservative and Unionist)Minutes published; result not yet read. Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Boulton — from Cllr Boulton (Independent / Other)Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to refer the notice of motion to the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee.” Minutes
    • Motion Notice of Motion by Councillor Malik — from Cllr Malik (Labour Party)Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “The Council resolved:- to defer consideration of the notice of motion to the Council meeting on 19 August 2026.” Minutes

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 2 November 2026. Refreshed weekly. Once a meeting’s minutes are published, each item shows the result in the minutes’ own words (carried, lost, withdrawn, deferred, noted or agreed), the recorded vote where the minutes give one, and a link to the minutes; where those words are not found, the page says so rather than guessing.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Aberdeen City reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

Aberdeen City: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£301.1 million
Culture and related services£21.3 million
Social work£203.2 million
Roads and transport£3.2 million
Road bridgesnone budgeted
Environmental services£31.6 million
Building, planning and development£8.2 million
Central services£37.7 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)£13.4 million
Trading services−£4.8 million
Total net revenue expenditure£614.8 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Life in Aberdeen City: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

Show the figures for:

Showing: Aberdeen City.

People living here
230,180 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
39 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£23,466 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£640 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
11.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£133,782 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
59.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
58.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
4.5 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
93.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
192.0 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
8,335 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Aberdeen City from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

45 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of SNP and Liberal Democrats. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Scottish National Party (SNP) 19, Labour Party 11, Conservative and Unionist 6, Independent / Other 4, Liberal Democrats 3, Vacant 1, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 45 councillors, by ward
  • Derek Davidson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
  • Ian Yuill (Liberal Democrats) — Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
  • Ryan Houghton (Conservative and Unionist) — Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
  • Alison Alphonse (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Bridge of Don
  • Jessica Mennie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Bridge of Don
  • Nurul Hoque Ali (Labour Party) — Bridge of Don
  • Sarah Cross (Conservative and Unionist) — Bridge of Don
  • Barney Crockett (Independent / Other) — Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
  • Gill Al-Samarai (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
  • Graeme Lawrence (Labour Party) — Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
  • Neil MacGregor (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
  • Dell Henrickson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — George St/Harbour
  • Michael Hutchison (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — George St/Harbour
  • Sandra Macdonald (Labour Party) — George St/Harbour
  • Vacant (Vacant) — George St/Harbour
  • Jennifer Stewart (Independent / Other) — Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells
  • John Cooke (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells
  • Ken McLeod (Conservative and Unionist) — Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells
  • Martin Greig (Liberal Democrats) — Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells
  • Deena Tissera (Labour Party) — Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill
  • Hazel Cameron (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill
  • Neil Copland (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill
  • Alex Nicoll (Independent / Other) — Kincorth/Nigg/Cove
  • Miranda Radley (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kincorth/Nigg/Cove
  • Richard Brooks (Conservative and Unionist) — Kincorth/Nigg/Cove
  • David Cameron (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
  • Kate Blake (Labour Party) — Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
  • Steve Provost (Liberal Democrats) — Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
  • Duncan Massey (Reform UK) — Lower Deeside
  • Marie Boulton (Independent / Other) — Lower Deeside
  • Tauqeer Malik (Labour Party) — Lower Deeside
  • Bill Cormie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Midstocket/Rosemount
  • Emma Farquhar (Conservative and Unionist) — Midstocket/Rosemount
  • Jennifer Bonsell (Labour Party) — Midstocket/Rosemount
  • Lynn Thomson (Labour Party) — Midstocket/Rosemount
  • Ciarán McRae (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Northfield/Mastrick North
  • Donna Clark (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Northfield/Mastrick North
  • Gordon Graham (Labour Party) — Northfield/Mastrick North
  • Alexander McLellan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
  • Kairin Van Sweeden (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
  • Ross Grant (Labour Party) — Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
  • Christian Allard (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Torry/Ferryhill
  • Lee Fairfull (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Torry/Ferryhill
  • Michael Kusznir (Conservative and Unionist) — Torry/Ferryhill
  • Simon Watson (Labour Party) — Torry/Ferryhill

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

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