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.
12,141 approved · 483 refused · 1,064 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4A Union Place Montrose DD10 8QB
Received 25 Apr 2017Plot 29 Sylvie Way Orchardbank Business Park Forfar
Received 25 Apr 20177 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EE
Received 25 Apr 2017The Abattoir Brechin DD9 7PL
Received 25 Apr 20178 East Mains Edzell Brechin DD9 7WE
Received 26 Apr 20171 Ralston Business Centre Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TL
Received 26 Apr 2017Cliffburn House Cliffburn Road Arbroath DD11 5BT
Received 26 Apr 201721 Gallowden Avenue Arbroath DD11 3EX
Received 27 Apr 2017Loxley Slade Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RE
Received 27 Apr 2017Former Roads Depot Slade Road Kirriemuir
Received 27 Apr 2017Boghall West Hillhead Monikie Dundee DD5 3QJ
Received 27 Apr 201789 North Street Forfar DD8 3BL
Received 28 Apr 2017Fettercairn Pipers Way Dundee DD3 0RG
Received 28 Apr 2017Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 28 Apr 2017Site At Dubton Farm Brechin
Received 1 May 201720 Balmossie Avenue Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QN
Received 1 May 2017Lunan Farm Bothy Lunan Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5ST
Received 2 May 201713 Wallace Street Carnoustie DD7 7BN
Received 2 May 2017North Lodge Kinnaird Brechin DD9 6TT
Received 27 Apr 2017Damacre Centre 26 Damacre Road Brechin DD9 6DU
Received 2 May 2017Field 90M North West Of Balnuith Farmhouse Balnuith Tealing
Received 28 Apr 2017Training Centre Kinnettles House Kinnettles Forfar
Received 3 May 2017Field To Rear Of Quarry Cottages Lovehall Road Wellbank
Received 4 May 2017Redfield Cottage 33 North Esk Road Montrose DD10 8TJ
Received 4 May 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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