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Aberdeenshire: 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.
Aberdeenshire Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D council tax set by Aberdeenshire for 2026–27: £1,686.04 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.
Every band
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| A | £1,124.03 |
| B | £1,311.36 |
| C | £1,498.70 |
| D | £1,686.04 |
| E | £2,215.27 |
| F | £2,739.82 |
| G | £3,301.83 |
| H | £4,130.80 |
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education | £425.9 million |
| Culture and related services | £24.0 million |
| Social work | £246.5 million |
| Roads and transport | £31.4 million |
| Road bridges | none budgeted |
| Environmental services | £43.8 million |
| Building, planning and development | £6.3 million |
| Central services | £14.6 million |
| Housing (outside the housing revenue account) | £9.4 million |
| Trading services | £681,000 |
| Total net revenue expenditure | £802.4 million |
Aberdeenshire in numbers
- Total population
- 265,080 people
- Median age
- 45 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £26,395
- Gross median weekly pay
- £650
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 10.0%
- Claimant Count
- 1.9%
- Average house price
- £204,894
- Female healthy life expectancy
- 64.7 years
- Male healthy life expectancy
- 64.1 years
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 10.1 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 48.5%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 161.5 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 10,430 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
70 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and independents.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 20, Scottish National Party (SNP) 18, Liberal Democrats 14, Independent / Other 10, Reform UK 7, Vacant 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 70 councillors, by ward
- Anouk Kloppert (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
- Geva Blackett (Independent / Other) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
- Sarah Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
- Ann Ross (Independent / Other) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
- Eileen Durno (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
- Yi-Pei Chou Turvey (Liberal Democrats) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
- Glen Reynolds (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Banff and District
- John Cox (Reform UK) — Banff and District
- Stewart Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Banff and District
- Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — Central Buchan
- Geoff Crowson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Central Buchan
- Hannah Powell (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Buchan
- Peter Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Buchan
- Dominic Lonchay (Reform UK) — East Garioch
- Glen Reid (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Garioch
- Jim Gifford (Independent / Other) — East Garioch
- Trevor Mason (Liberal Democrats) — East Garioch
- Gillian Owen (Independent / Other) — Ellon and District
- Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) — Ellon and District
- John Crawley (Reform UK) — Ellon and District
- Louise McAllister (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Ellon and District
- Ann Bell (Liberal Democrats) — Fraserburgh and District
- Doreen Mair (Independent / Other) — Fraserburgh and District
- Iain Sutherland (Conservative and Unionist) — Fraserburgh and District
- James Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Fraserburgh and District
- Gwyneth Petrie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
- Jeff Goodhall (Liberal Democrats) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
- Lauren Knight (Reform UK) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
- Robbie Withey (Independent / Other) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
- David Keating (Conservative and Unionist) — Inverurie and District
- Judy Whyte (Independent / Other) — Inverurie and District
- Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) — Inverurie and District
- Neil Baillie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Inverurie and District
- Alison Evison (Independent / Other) — Mearns
- George Carr (Conservative and Unionist) — Mearns
- Laurie Carnie (Reform UK) — Mearns
- Tracey Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Mearns
- Andrew Hassan (Liberal Democrats) — Mid Formartine
- Derek Ritchie (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Formartine
- Jenny Nicol (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Mid Formartine
- Paul Johnston (Independent / Other) — Mid Formartine
- Catherine Victor (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — North Kincardine
- David Aitchison (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — North Kincardine
- Mel Sullivan (Liberal Democrats) — North Kincardine
- Shirley Burnett (Conservative and Unionist) — North Kincardine
- Alan Buchan (Reform UK) — Peterhead North and Rattray
- Dianne Beagrie (Independent / Other) — Peterhead North and Rattray
- Leeann McWhinnie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Peterhead North and Rattray
- Matthew James (Conservative and Unionist) — Peterhead North and Rattray
- Colin Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — Peterhead South and Cruden
- Stephen Smith (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Peterhead South and Cruden
- Vacant (Vacant) — Peterhead South and Cruden
- Alan Turner (Conservative and Unionist) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
- Dawn Black (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
- Sarah Dickinson (Liberal Democrats) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
- Wendy Agnew (Conservative and Unionist) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
- Mark Findlater (Reform UK) — Troup
- Richard Menard (Conservative and Unionist) — Troup
- Ross Cassie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Troup
- Alastair Forsyth (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Turriff and District
- Anne Stirling (Liberal Democrats) — Turriff and District
- Gordon Lang (Conservative and Unionist) — Turriff and District
- Iain Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Turriff and District
- Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats) — West Garioch
- Moray Grant (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — West Garioch
- Sam Payne (Conservative and Unionist) — West Garioch
- Craig Miller (Conservative and Unionist) — Westhill and District
- Fatima Joji (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Westhill and District
- Iris Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Westhill and District
- Ron McKail (Conservative and Unionist) — Westhill and District