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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.
12,156 approved · 483 refused · 1,065 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Brae House Brae Of Conon Arbroath DD11 2QR
Received 15 May 201777 Princes Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AR
Received 15 May 201740 Inchcape Road Arbroath DD11 2DE
Received 17 May 201764 Seaton Road Arbroath DD11 5DN
Received 12 May 2017Land At The Feus Meadowbank Gardens Wellbank
Received 17 May 2017Wren Cottage 16 Main Street Glamis Forfar DD8 1RU
Received 17 May 2017Ethie Castle Ethie Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SP
Received 17 May 2017Ethie Castle Ethie Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SP
Received 18 May 2017Former Piggery Gask Letham
Received 18 May 2017Muirfield Primary School School Road Arbroath DD11 2LU
Received 18 May 20171 Barry Road Carnoustie DD7 7QJ
Received 19 May 201719 - 21 Marketgate Arbroath DD11 1AU
Received 19 May 2017Abbey National PLC 167 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DY
Received 19 May 2017Abbey National PLC 167 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DY
Received 19 May 2017Auchenreoch Farm Inchbare Edzell
Received 18 May 20171, 2 & 3A St James Place Brechin DD9 6ED
Received 19 May 20171, 2 & 3A St James Place Brechin DD9 6ED
Received 19 May 2017Hatton Of Ogilvie Glen Ogilvie Forfar DD8 1UH
Received 19 May 2017Hatton Of Ogilvie Glen Ogilvie Forfar DD8 1UH
Received 19 May 2017Glen House High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TF
Received 22 May 2017St Margarets Church 62 West High Street Forfar DD8 1BJ
Received 22 May 20171 - 7 St David Street Brechin DD9 6EG
Received 23 May 2017Land To Rear Of 17-25 Keptie Road Lochlands Drive Arbroath
Received 23 May 2017Flat A-2 23 Victoria Street Montrose DD10 8JR
Received 23 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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