Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
12,115 approved · 480 refused · 1,057 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2010 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pictavia Brechin Castle Centre Brechin DD9 6RL
Received 7 Mar 2017Site At Baden Powell Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 3LS
Received 7 Mar 2017Unit 24 48A Market Street Forfar DD8 3EW
Received 6 Mar 2017Muirhouses Farm Kinnordy Kirriemuir
Received 8 Mar 2017New Bungalow Green Beeches Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4RL
Received 9 Mar 2017Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 9 Mar 2017Former Distillery Brechin Road Montrose
Received 10 Mar 2017East March Backmuir Of Liff Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QT
Received 13 Mar 2017Field Behind 2 - 4 East Hemming Street Letham
Received 13 Mar 2017Sheep Pens Dikehead Bridgend Edzell
Received 13 Mar 2017Field North East Of Smithton Knowe Lundie Muirhead
Received 13 Mar 2017Ledyatt Farm Lundie Muirhead
Received 13 Mar 2017Training Centre Kinnettles House Kinnettles Forfar
Received 13 Mar 201748 Campbell Crescent Arbroath DD11 4JP
Received 13 Mar 2017Carnoustie Golf Course Links Parade Carnoustie
Received 13 Mar 201710 Commerce Street Arbroath DD11 1NB
Received 13 Mar 2017Unit 8 Brechin Business Centre Southesk Street Brechin DD9 6DY
Received 14 Mar 20174 John Huband Drive Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RY
Received 10 Mar 201710 William Street Ferryden Montrose DD10 9RP
Received 14 Mar 201714 Applehill Drive Wellbank Dundee DD5 3UD
Received 15 Mar 201740 Terrace Road Carnoustie DD7 7AG
Received 15 Mar 2017Pavilion Links Parade Carnoustie
Received 16 Mar 2017Pavilion Links Parade Carnoustie
Received 16 Mar 2017Land Betweem Nock A Dhu And Landalla Cottage Kirkton Of Glen Isla Glen Isla
Received 16 Mar 2017Records 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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