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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.
12,094 approved · 480 refused · 1,056 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Colliston Castle Colliston Arbroath DD11 3RS
Received 8 Feb 2017Colliston Castle Colliston Arbroath DD11 3RS
Received 8 Feb 2017Field 200M West Of Knockhill Farm Steading Gardyne Arbroath
Received 3 Feb 2017Inchgray 7 North Esk Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7TW
Received 6 Feb 20171 Brewston Cottages Dunlappie Edzell Brechin DD9 7UD
Received 6 Feb 20173 Glenskenno Farm Cottages Glenskenno Montrose DD10 9LG
Received 8 Feb 2017160 Linefield Road Carnoustie DD7 6DT
Received 7 Feb 2017Community Nursing Centre 14 - 16 Rosemount Road Arbroath DD11 2AU
Received 9 Feb 2017Blair House Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 9 Feb 2017Factory Sports Ground 29 East Mill Road Brechin
Received 10 Feb 20171 Paterson Place Montrose DD10 9AX
Received 13 Feb 20179 Millar Street Carnoustie DD7 7AS
Received 13 Feb 2017Parish Kirk Kirkton Of Kingoldrum Kirriemuir DD8 5HW
Received 13 Feb 20177 Omachie Place Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PH
Received 13 Feb 2017Nursery Liff Primary School Liff
Received 14 Feb 20172 Dunrossie Terrace Montrose DD10 9LS
Received 15 Feb 2017Oakwood Cottage Balbeuchley Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QX
Received 16 Feb 2017Upper Todhills Tealing Dundee DD4 0QA
Received 16 Feb 2017File 100M South Of Cloak Cottage Farnell
Received 16 Feb 2017Unit 3 New Wynd Montrose DD10 8AD
Received 17 Feb 201716 Cookston Crescent Brechin DD9 6BP
Received 17 Feb 2017Newton Motors Herdhill Kirriemuir DD8 5LG
Received 17 Feb 2017103 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 17 Feb 201710 Watson Street Letham Forfar DD8 2QB
Received 17 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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