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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Angus. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,210 approved · 378 refused · 819 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jun 2012 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Kingennie Fishings Forbes Of Kingennie Drive Kingennie Dundee DD5 3RD
Received 1 Jun 2012Rowan Cottage Bractullo Letham Forfar DD8 2QS
Received 13 Jun 20128 Dundee Loan Forfar DD8 1EE
Received 15 Jun 2012Viewfield House West Cotside Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RR
Received 11 Jul 2012Warehouse 4 Meridian Street Montrose
Received 5 Jul 2012Fish Counting Station Logie Craigo
Received 13 Jul 2012The End Rig Mains Of Hedderwick Montrose DD10 9EF
Received 16 Jul 201229 North Latch Road Brechin DD9 6LE
Received 10 Jul 2012Land Approx 450M North East Of Lundie Castle Farm Lundie Muirhead
Received 17 Jul 2012West Drive Cottage Stracathro Brechin DD9 7QF
Received 26 Jul 2012David's Hill Waukmill St Vigeans Arbroath DD11 4RG
Received 18 Jul 2012Field 750M North East Of Mill Of Brighty Mill Of Brighty Tealing
Received 19 Jul 201221 Marywell Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4BJ
Received 19 Jul 201211 Orchard Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4JY
Received 16 Jul 2012Drum Cottage Pitscandly Forfar DD8 3NZ
Received 16 Jul 2012117 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DP
Received 20 Jul 2012Shaw House Westbank Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LR
Received 18 Jul 20126 Mitchell Drive Brechin DD9 7LA
Received 24 Jul 2012Field 300M West Of Parkconon Farm Colliston Arbroath
Received 17 Jul 20123 Well Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AH
Received 20 Jul 2012Turniemuick House Kirriemuir DD8 5EY
Received 19 Jul 201215 Marywell Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 4DQ
Received 27 Jul 201249 Marywell Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 4DQ
Received 27 Jul 2012Land 50M West Of Hillview Trinity Brechin
Received 24 Jul 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Angus, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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