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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.
10,583 approved · 399 refused · 865 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 440 M North East Of Stotfaulds Farm Monikie
Received 26 Apr 2013Land North Of The Steading Carse Grey Forfar
Received 18 Apr 201326 Bearehill Loan Brechin DD9 6XG
Received 26 Apr 20131 School Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PL
Received 22 Apr 2013Land 500M South West Of New Downie Farm New Downie Carnoustie
Received 26 Apr 20133 Applehill Walk Wellbank Dundee DD5 3UH
Received 22 Apr 2013Gallery Lodge Gallery Montrose DD10 9JX
Received 22 Apr 2013Threshing Mill House 3 Mains Of Fowlis Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LQ
Received 19 Apr 2013Reekie Steeltec Ltd Baden Powell Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 3LS
Received 24 Apr 2013Hunters Path Arbirlot Arbroath DD11 2PR
Received 23 Apr 2013Gamekeepers Cottage Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2QT
Received 24 Apr 20139 Seaview Avenue Seaton Estate Arbroath DD11 5SZ
Received 24 Apr 20137 - 9 Glengate Kirriemuir DD8 4HD
Received 2 May 2013Land Between Nos 7 And 8 Holdings Tealing
Received 25 Apr 201320A Donaldsons Acre Arbroath DD11 5TA
Received 25 Apr 2013Kirkside Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 3 May 201312 Blacklaw Drive Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RJ
Received 26 Apr 20137 - 9 Glengate Kirriemuir DD8 4HD
Received 3 May 2013Baldoukie Farm Baldoukie Tannadice
Received 3 May 2013The Old Coach House Anniston Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SW
Received 3 May 2013Roadside Verge To Rear Of 1 Bloomfield Place Arbirlot Road Arbroath
Received 29 Apr 2013118 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 6 May 2013Supermarket High Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TP
Received 6 May 2013Field 300M North Of Ethie Barns Farm Ethie Barns Farm Ethie Inverkeilor
Received 6 May 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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