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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.
10,664 approved · 409 refused · 877 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Nov 2011 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenside Traill Drive Montrose DD10 8SW
Received 7 Jun 201310 Balkeerie Cottages Eassie Forfar DD8 1SR
Received 11 Jun 201335 Millar Street Carnoustie DD7 7AT
Received 11 Jun 20138 Kirk Wynd Kirriemuir DD8 4BH
Received 7 Jun 2013Field 300M East Of Carlogie Hotel Carlogie Carnoustie
Received 7 Jun 201324 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2UT
Received 11 Jun 20133 William Street Carnoustie DD7 6DG
Received 11 Jun 2013Storage Shed Piperdam
Received 11 Jun 2013Broomhall Kilry Blairgowrie PH11 8HU
Received 11 Jun 2013Millhill Mill Arbirlot Arbroath
Received 12 Jun 2013Millhill Mill Arbirlot Arbroath
Received 12 Jun 2013Cotton Of Gask Wood Gask Letham
Received 5 Jun 2013Field 700M West Of Upper Dysart Farm Upper Dysart Montrose
Received 4 Jun 201310A Hercules Place Arbroath DD11 4HT
Received 12 Jun 2013Field 370M West Of Glentairie Glen Prosen
Received 12 Jun 2013Glen Of Craigo Craigo Montrose DD10 9JT
Received 12 Jun 2013Crown Inn 41 West Abbey Street Arbroath DD11 1EQ
Received 12 Jun 2013Rowan Cottage Waldron Road Montrose DD10 9BD
Received 31 May 2013Site At Bank House Panmure Street Brechin
Received 10 Jun 2013Mains Of Logie Farm Mains Of Logie Craigo
Received 10 Jun 201311 Backmuir Drive Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RA
Received 5 Jun 2013Hall 19 Glengate Kirriemuir DD8 4HD
Received 13 Jun 2013Hall 19 Glengate Kirriemuir DD8 4HD
Received 13 Jun 201329 Kirkcroft Brae Liff Dundee DD2 5RT
Received 7 Jun 2013Records 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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