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.
12,194 approved · 486 refused · 1,073 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 227 East Muirlands Road Arbroath
Received 13 Jul 2017Ruthven Parish Church Ruthven
Received 14 Jul 2017Woodland Between Grange Gait And Grange Road Monifieth
Received 14 Jul 201797 - 99 High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 14 Jul 2017Panbride House Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JR
Received 14 Jul 2017Panbride House Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JR
Received 14 Jul 2017Land Opposite Pathhead Cottages Panmure Carnoustie
Received 14 Jul 2017Merry Cottage Balgavies Forfar DD8 2TJ
Received 17 Jul 2017Land 500M West Of Forfar Academy Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 18 Jul 2017170 East High Street Forfar DD8 2HG
Received 17 Jul 201754C High Street Arbroath DD11 1AW
Received 19 Jul 2017Public Library 214 High Street Montrose DD10 8HE
Received 19 Jul 2017Holemill Farm Whigstreet Forfar
Received 31 Jul 20176 Rossie Island Road Montrose DD10 9NN
Received 20 Jul 201714 Heather Bank Friockheim Abroath DD11 4WE
Received 20 Jul 2017Knowhead Farm Kilry Blairgowrie PH11 8JA
Received 20 Jul 2017Field 200M South East Of Mains Of Pitforthie Brechin
Received 20 Jul 20175 Heather Bank Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WE
Received 21 Jul 2017Wayside 6 Church Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NN
Received 21 Jul 2017Baitlands Cottage Airlie
Received 21 Jul 2017Denfind Plantation Panmure Road Monikie
Received 21 Jul 20175 Clayhills Gardens Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RP
Received 21 Jul 2017152 High Street Montrose DD10 8JB
Received 24 Jul 2017Glendamff Glen Isla
Received 25 Jul 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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