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.
10,519 approved · 396 refused · 857 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jan 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 20 Mar 201340 Broadlands Carnoustie DD7 6JY
Received 21 Mar 2013Tobees Farmhouse Justinhaugh Forfar DD8 3SB
Received 21 Mar 201322 High Street Arbroath DD11 1BD
Received 13 Mar 2013Land 15M West Of Tulloch House James Street Carnoustie
Received 14 Mar 2013Land 153M North East Of Home Farm Lunan Inverkeilor
Received 13 Mar 2013Greenmyre Farm Kingoldrum Kirriemuir DD8 5HY
Received 18 Mar 2013An Calla 12 Manse Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7TJ
Received 19 Mar 2013Tantallon 81 Keptie Road Arbroath DD11 3EN
Received 8 Mar 2013Cookston Cottage Cookston Road Brechin DD9 7QS
Received 11 Mar 2013Parish Kirk Kirkton Of Kingoldrum Kirriemuir DD8 5HW
Received 18 Mar 2013Unit 1 2 North Brown Street Carnoustie DD7 7PX
Received 19 Mar 20131 Inveraldie Terrace Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0QT
Received 26 Mar 2013Moatmill Farm Tealing
Received 20 Mar 201329 Lochbank Gardens Forfar DD8 3HG
Received 15 Mar 201339, 41, 43 Dundee Road Forfar DD8 1HX
Received 19 Mar 2013Land 10M East Of Hillhead Cottage Carmyllie
Received 26 Mar 2013Little Gagie Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PN
Received 26 Mar 2013Kirkton Of Lundie Farm Lundie Muirhead
Received 19 Mar 2013118 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 26 Mar 201332 West Path Carnoustie DD7 7SN
Received 26 Mar 2013Land Adjacent To Waterside Cottage Newmill Of Ethie Inverkeilor
Received 20 Mar 2013Farmhouse 20, Holdings Barns Of Claverhouse Dundee DD3 0QF
Received 26 Mar 2013Field 500M South West Of Hilton Of Guthrie Farm Guthrie
Received 27 Mar 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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