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.
12,200 approved · 486 refused · 1,074 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Blackhall Cottages Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RJ
Received 25 Jul 2017Pressock Solar Farm Pressock Guthrie
Received 25 Jul 2017Field North Of The Bothy Gannochy Edzell
Received 25 Jul 201789 North Esk Road Montrose DD10 8TE
Received 25 Jul 2017Lisden Nursing Home 63 Brechin Road Kirriemuir DD8 4DE
Received 25 Jul 20174 Woodlands Avenue Fern Forfar DD8 3RD
Received 26 Jul 201720 Westfield Drive Forfar DD8 1EQ
Received 26 Jul 2017Muirside Of Melgund Melgund Brechin DD9 6TA
Received 25 Jul 2017Field 350M SE Of Leyshade Farm Leyshade Tealing
Received 26 Jul 2017Site Of Former Gasworks Carseview Road Forfar
Received 27 Jul 2017Access From Inchgrundle Via Shank Of Inchgrundle To Water Of Unich Glen Esk Angus
Received 27 Jul 2017Dunvegan Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 27 Jul 2017Field South West Of Hillside & Dun Parish Church Dubton Road Hillside
Received 28 Jul 20173 Glenmarkie Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8QB
Received 28 Jul 201758 High Street Brechin DD9 6EY
Received 28 Jul 2017Balnakeilly Shielhill Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PA
Received 31 Jul 20171 Courthill Cottages Courthill Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 4UX
Received 1 Aug 2017Kinnordy Home Farm Kinnordy Kirriemuir
Received 1 Aug 2017Former Swimming Pool The Mall Montrose DD10 8NN
Received 1 Aug 2017Knockhill Glenquiech Forfar DD8 3UA
Received 27 Jul 2017Manora 2 North Esk Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7TW
Received 1 Aug 201739 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AE
Received 1 Aug 201734 Barry Road Carnoustie DD7 7QP
Received 1 Aug 201769 High Street Arbroath DD11 1AN
Received 1 Aug 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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