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.
12,174 approved · 484 refused · 1,067 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hatton Farm Hatton Carnoustie
Received 16 Jun 2017Blackhillock Farm Gardyne Arbroath DD11 3RX
Received 16 Jun 20175 Oliver Wynd Arbroath DD11 4JF
Received 19 Jun 2017Maisondieu Primary School St Andrew Street Brechin DD9 6JB
Received 19 Jun 2017Mill Of Lethnot Lethnot Edzell Brechin DD9 7UG
Received 19 Jun 2017Mill Of Lethnot Lethnot Edzell Brechin DD9 7UG
Received 19 Jun 20177 Dryleys Cottages Montrose DD10 9JN
Received 20 Jun 2017Platten 57 Brechin Road Kirriemuir DD8 4DE
Received 20 Jun 201712 Grange Gait Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PL
Received 20 Jun 2017Former Joiner's Workshop West Newbigging Arbroath
Received 21 Jun 2017Clintlaw Steading Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JF
Received 22 Jun 2017Kirrie Thistle Football & Social Club Westview Park Herdhill Kirriemuir DD8 5LG
Received 23 Jun 2017Foreside Of Cairn Cairnhill Forfar DD8 3TQ
Received 23 Jun 2017Sorting Office Queen Street Carnoustie DD7 7AA
Received 26 Jun 2017Craigmill Den Cottage Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JQ
Received 26 Jun 2017Land East Of Platten Gardens Kirriemuir
Received 27 Jun 2017Land East Of Platten Gardens Kirriemuir
Received 27 Jun 2017Field 130M South West Of Auldallan Steading Auldallan Kirriemuir
Received 27 Jun 201727 Jeanfield Road Forfar DD8 1JS
Received 26 Jun 201718 Adderley Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DR
Received 27 Jun 2017Field 90M North Of Myreton Of Claverhouse Farm Myreton Of Claverhouse Strathmartine
Received 27 Jun 2017141 High Street Montrose DD10 8QN
Received 28 Jun 201710 Hill Terrace Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PR
Received 28 Jun 2017Field 200M South West Of Lundie Castle Farm Cottages Lundie Muirhead
Received 28 Jun 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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