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.
12,080 approved · 480 refused · 1,056 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Barry Road Carnoustie DD7 7QT
Received 23 Jan 20173 Cliffburn Terrace Arbroath DD11 5BP
Received 23 Jan 2017Couston House Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8UT
Received 24 Jan 2017Field 350M South West Of West Mains Of Ballindarg Ballindarg Forfar
Received 24 Jan 20175 Bruce Drive Carnoustie DD7 7DE
Received 20 Jan 2017Firedrake House Farnell Brechin DD9 6UW
Received 24 Jan 2017Inverpark Hotel Bank Street Arbroath DD11 1RH
Received 23 Jan 2017125 Coupar Angus Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QN
Received 25 Jan 2017Village Hall Cortachy Kirriemuir DD8 4LX
Received 25 Jan 2017Village Hall Cortachy Kirriemuir DD8 4LX
Received 25 Jan 201778 Grampian View Ferryden Montrose DD10 9SX
Received 23 Jan 201729 Blacklaw Drive Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RJ
Received 25 Jan 2017Overmere Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 26 Jan 201714A Mary Countess Way Glamis Forfar DD8 1RF
Received 26 Jan 201719 Seagate Arbroath DD11 1BJ
Received 26 Jan 2017North View 5 Station Road Forfar DD8 3EP
Received 27 Jan 2017Bunker Newmill Of Balgavies Forfar
Received 27 Jan 2017Field 500M West Of Woodhill Cottage West Cotside Barry
Received 30 Jan 2017Kyrabank Tealing Dundee DD4 0QA
Received 30 Jan 2017Gardyne Castle Gardyne Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SQ
Received 30 Jan 2017Gardyne Castle Gardyne Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SQ
Received 31 Jan 201729A Ireland Street Carnoustie DD7 6AS
Received 31 Jan 2017County Buildings Market Street Forfar DD8 3WT
Received 1 Feb 2017128 High Street Arbroath DD11 1HN
Received 1 Feb 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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