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.
12,211 approved · 486 refused · 1,075 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forestry At The Birks Newtyle
Received 2 Aug 2017Field 97M North East Of Hatton Farm Hatton Carnoustie
Received 2 Aug 201744 Collier Street Carnoustie DD7 7AL
Received 2 Aug 2017The Hillocks Drumsturdy Road Kingennie Dundee DD5 3NZ
Received 2 Aug 2017Den Of Ogil Glen Ogil Forfar DD8 3SS
Received 2 Aug 2017Land Adjacent To Tarriebank Gardens Tarriebank Arbroath
Received 2 Aug 2017Plot 56 Anderson Street Carnoustie
Received 2 Aug 2017The Farmhouse Freelands Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TZ
Received 3 Aug 2017Balintore Castle Balintore Kirriemuir DD8 5JS
Received 3 Aug 20177 Cairnie Street Arbroath DD11 3BH
Received 3 Aug 20177 The Fairway Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TL
Received 31 Jul 201723 Golf Road Park Brechin DD9 6YJ
Received 4 Aug 2017Former Andover School Nursery Lane Brechin
Received 3 Aug 201763 High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TA
Received 7 Aug 20179 Lethnot Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7TG
Received 7 Aug 201734 Patrick Allan-Fraser Street Arbroath DD11 2LX
Received 7 Aug 2017Joinery Workshop And Builders Yard Douglastown Forfar DD8 1TL
Received 7 Aug 2017Field 300M East Of Carlogie Hotel Carlogie Carnoustie
Received 8 Aug 2017Workshop Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 8 Aug 2017Land At Waldron Road Montrose
Received 9 Aug 2017Belmar Hillend Of Lownie Forfar DD8 2NT
Received 9 Aug 2017Former Railway Bridge EDB/6 Newton Of Stracathro Brechin
Received 9 Aug 2017Field North Of Drumgell Kilry
Received 9 Aug 201724 Pearse Street Brechin DD9 6JR
Received 4 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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