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.
12,282 approved · 487 refused · 1,084 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Turbine House Kilburn Farm Glen Clova
Received 17 Oct 201712 Bruce Drive Carnoustie DD7 7DF
Received 17 Oct 2017Field 45M South East Of 1 Mount Pleasant Letham Mill St Vigeans
Received 13 Oct 2017Land 50M North East Of Gatehouse Inchbare Edzell
Received 13 Oct 2017Mains Of Usan Farm Usan Montrose DD10 9SE
Received 18 Oct 201722 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EF
Received 19 Oct 2017Abbey Works Palmer Street Arbroath DD11 1TZ
Received 20 Oct 201711 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BE
Received 20 Oct 201711 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BE
Received 20 Oct 2017Land At Keilor Way Inverkeilor
Received 20 Oct 2017Panmure Church 15 Panmure Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4EA
Received 20 Oct 20175 Westcroft Cottages Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RJ
Received 20 Oct 20171 Carseburn Road Forfar DD8 3HW
Received 20 Oct 2017Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 20 Oct 2017Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 20 Oct 2017Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 20 Oct 2017Land Between Peddieston Cottage And Easterton Crombie Monikie
Received 23 Oct 20175 Fountain Square Auchmithie Arbroath DD11 5SJ
Received 23 Oct 2017Kingston Lodge Kingston Road Kingsmuir Forfar DD8 2RS
Received 19 Oct 2017Birkhill Millennium Hall Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5QE
Received 24 Oct 2017Sheriff Court House Market Street Forfar DD8 3LA
Received 25 Oct 201781 South Street Forfar DD8 2BS
Received 25 Oct 201781 South Street Forfar DD8 2BS
Received 25 Oct 201726 Turfbeg Place Forfar DD8 3LQ
Received 26 Oct 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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