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.
12,063 approved · 480 refused · 1,053 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building 150 Montrose Works Cobden Street Montrose
Received 21 Dec 2016Field 330M South East Of Ballinshoe Castle Ballinshoe Kirriemuir
Received 22 Dec 2016126 West High Street Forfar DD8 1BN
Received 4 Jan 20178 Inveraldie Terrace Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0QT
Received 4 Jan 2017126 West High Street Forfar DD8 1BN
Received 4 Jan 2017Hayshead Primary School St Abbs Road Arbroath DD11 5AB
Received 28 Dec 2016Muirfield Primary School School Road Arbroath DD11 2LU
Received 28 Dec 2016Field 225M North Of Pitscandly Farm Pitscandly Forfar
Received 5 Jan 20177 Hill Street Arbroath DD11 1AQ
Received 4 Jan 2017Wardneuk Farm Cottage Greystone Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RF
Received 4 Jan 2017Strathmore Cricket Club Lochside Park Graham Crescent Forfar DD8 1DU
Received 5 Jan 201715 Railway Place Montrose DD10 8HN
Received 9 Jan 201738 Redford Road Padanaram Forfar DD8 1PZ
Received 9 Jan 2017Eight Acres West Cotside Barry Carnoustie DD7 7SA
Received 10 Jan 2017Glenesk Cottage Dunlappie Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7UB
Received 10 Jan 2017Field 100M East Of Brae Of Pert Cottages Brae Of Pert Laurencekirk
Received 11 Jan 2017Hillview Muir Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PT
Received 12 Jan 2017Plot 3 Panmure Estate Panmure Carnoustie
Received 12 Jan 2017Field 450M West Of Windyhills Farm Windyhills Auchmithie
Received 12 Jan 2017Field 450M West Of Windyhills Farm Windyhills Auchmithie
Received 12 Jan 2017Field 450M West Of Windyhills Farm Windyhills Auchmithie
Received 12 Jan 2017Westlands 2 Redfield Crescent Montrose DD10 8TN
Received 13 Jan 2017Land 200M South West Of Shielmaron Craigton Monikie
Received 12 Jan 2017Field 400M East Of Addicate Cottage Addicate Montrose
Received 16 Jan 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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