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.
10,704 approved · 413 refused · 881 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6A High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AQ
Received 15 Jul 2013Gilchorn Farm Gilchorn Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 4UP
Received 17 Jul 2013Land At Former Airfield Tealing
Received 18 Jul 2013Craigend Farmhouse Craigton Monikie Dundee DD5 3QN
Received 18 Jul 20135 East Abbey Street Arbroath DD11 1EN
Received 18 Jul 2013Kinnaird Weir Kinnaird Brechin
Received 18 Jul 2013Store And Land At 1 Rossie Island Road Montrose
Received 18 Jul 2013Over Finlarg Farm Over Finlarg Lumleyden
Received 16 Jul 2013Old Mill Glen Clova
Received 18 Jul 2013Old Mill Glen Clova
Received 18 Jul 2013Mill Of Tannadice 14 South Esk Road Tannadice Forfar DD8 3SH
Received 18 Jul 2013Garden Centre Ethiebeaton Park Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HB
Received 18 Jul 20137 Grampian Gardens Arbroath DD11 4AE
Received 18 Jul 2013West Links Queens Drive Arbroath
Received 18 Jul 2013Plot 8 Logie Kirriemuir
Received 19 Jul 2013Site 47M East Of Pitairlie Farm Steadings Newbigging Monifieth
Received 19 Jul 2013Warehouse Barrack Road Montrose DD10 8EA
Received 19 Jul 2013Airlie Parish Church Kirkton Of Airlie Kirriemuir DD8 5NL
Received 19 Jul 2013Land South Of Finavon House Finavon Forfar
Received 23 Jul 2013Dickmontlaw Farm Arbroath
Received 24 Jul 201310 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2UT
Received 24 Jul 2013Land At Coach Inn Cottage Woodhill Barry
Received 22 Jul 2013Field 100M North West Of Hillcrest Lunan Montrose
Received 24 Jul 201333 Victoria Street Kirriemuir DD8 5DH
Received 24 Jul 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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