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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.
10,558 approved · 397 refused · 859 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field 350M North East Of Woodlands Craigo
Received 9 Apr 2013Bellevue Leysmill Arbroath DD11 4RR
Received 5 Apr 2013The Smiddy Finavon Forfar DD8 3QD
Received 12 Apr 2013Dumbie Dykes Dronley Birkhill Dundee DD2 5QR
Received 5 Apr 2013Unit 31 Piperdam Golf And Country Club Piperdam Drive Piperdam Fowlis
Received 3 Apr 201327 Hayswell Road Arbroath DD11 1TU
Received 15 Apr 2013Land 400M North Of Davidston Farm Newtyle
Received 3 Apr 20136 Mossie Way Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2WF
Received 5 Apr 20138 Mossie Way Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2WF
Received 5 Apr 2013Princess Alexandra House 65 Dundee Road Forfar DD8 1JA
Received 16 Apr 2013Inveraldie Inn Dalziel Road Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0RH
Received 5 Apr 201316 Millfield Place Arbroath DD11 4HP
Received 11 Apr 2013Roseking Hall Steading Kirkbuddo
Received 11 Apr 2013Former Strathmartine Hospital Strathmartine
Received 5 Apr 2013Field 180M North West Of Kalulu House East Murthill Forfar
Received 18 Apr 20132 Kirkton Cottages Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SA
Received 18 Apr 2013Former Strathmartine Hospital Strathmartine
Received 5 Apr 201312 School Road Arbroath DD11 2LT
Received 18 Apr 2013Site Between Hamewith And Limberhurst Panmure Road Monikie
Received 5 Apr 201310 Bearehill Brae Brechin DD9 6XD
Received 5 Apr 2013Dikehead Cottage Bridgend Edzell Brechin DD9 7UQ
Received 3 Apr 20131 Bank Farm Steading Arbirlot Arbroath DD11 2NU
Received 8 Apr 20134A Wellington Place Montrose DD10 8QE
Received 5 Apr 20134A Wellington Place Montrose DD10 8QE
Received 5 Apr 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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