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.
10,764 approved · 419 refused · 894 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Service Road Forfar DD8 3ER
Received 29 Aug 2013Former Nursery Seaview Primary School Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 3 Sept 2013Craigard Guthrie Forfar DD8 2TY
Received 3 Sept 2013The Abattoir Brechin DD9 7PL
Received 4 Sept 2013Welton Farmhouse Kingoldrum Kirriemuir DD8 5HY
Received 2 Sept 2013Land At Wester Restenneth Montrose Road Gowanbank Forfar
Received 30 Aug 2013Supermarket Hume Street Arbroath DD11 1UH
Received 4 Sept 2013Golf Course Cunninghill Forfar
Received 2 Sept 2013141 Coupar Angus Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QN
Received 4 Sept 201357 Wemyss Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RA
Received 4 Sept 2013Field 350M North West Of West Cottage Tannadice
Received 6 Sept 2013Field 200M South East Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 6 Sept 2013Field 200M South East Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 5 Sept 2013Brechin High School Duke Street Brechin DD9 6LB
Received 6 Sept 2013Field 350M North East Of Woodlands Craigo
Received 6 Sept 2013Plot 92 Bearehill Brae Brechin
Received 6 Sept 201322 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NR
Received 7 Sept 20136 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2UT
Received 5 Sept 2013Former Walled Garden Gayfield House Hospital Road Hillside Montrose
Received 9 Sept 201317 Henry Street Kirriemuir DD8 5DL
Received 9 Sept 2013Field 750M West Of Reedie Farm Reedie Kirriemuir
Received 11 Sept 2013Rottal Lodge Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4QT
Received 6 Sept 2013Former HM Prison Noranside Fern Forfar DD8 3RB
Received 10 Sept 2013103 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PX
Received 12 Sept 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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