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.
12,018 approved · 479 refused · 1,051 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
26 Canmore Street Forfar DD8 3HT
Received 14 Nov 2016Hospitalfield House Westway Arbroath DD11 2NH
Received 14 Nov 2016Railway Footbridge Albert Street Monifieth
Received 15 Nov 20161 Gordon Park Orchardbank Industrial Estate Forfar DD8 1WJ
Received 15 Nov 201686 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 15 Nov 2016Yard St Rollox Works Lindsay Street Arbroath
Received 15 Nov 201686 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 15 Nov 2016Hospitalfield House Westway Arbroath DD11 2NH
Received 16 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 16 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 16 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 16 Nov 2016Westwood Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 16 Nov 2016Former Pavillion Ticket Office East High Street Forfar
Received 14 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 2016Field 500M South West Of Redcastle Farm Newbarns Inverkeilor
Received 17 Nov 20165 Piperdam Drive Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5LY
Received 17 Nov 2016Old Parish Church Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BG
Received 17 Nov 2016Bridge Of Dun Station Bridge Of Dun Montrose DD10 9LH
Received 14 Nov 2016Estate Office Glen Clova
Received 18 Nov 2016Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage