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.
10,827 approved · 422 refused · 900 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Schoolhouse Church Road Aberlemno Forfar DD8 3PE
Received 24 Oct 2013Silverhillock Cotton Of Lownie Forfar DD8 2LN
Received 23 Oct 2013Land 500M West Of Forfar Academy Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 28 Oct 2013Woodside Of Hedderwick Hillside Montrose DD10 9JS
Received 24 Oct 2013Viewbank Cottage South Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RB
Received 23 Oct 2013Hillside Park Main Road Hillside Montrose
Received 24 Oct 201313 Rose Street Arbroath DD11 2AG
Received 29 Oct 2013Workshop To Rear Of 7 Main Street Glamis
Received 25 Oct 2013Field 225M NW Of Junction Of Access Track To Waggles With ZC36 Glen Esk
Received 28 Oct 201362 Mallard Drive Montrose DD10 9ND
Received 30 Oct 2013Field 650M North Of Glenskinno Farm Glenskenno Montrose
Received 30 Oct 2013Field 500M South East Of Upper Tulloes Farm Upper Tulloes Forfar
Received 30 Oct 2013Tullynessle Main Road Hillside Montrose DD10 9HT
Received 31 Oct 2013Doocot Balbinny Aberlemno Forfar
Received 31 Oct 2013Doocot Balbinny Aberlemno Forfar
Received 31 Oct 2013Valleyfield Kirkbuddo Forfar DD8 2NE
Received 28 Oct 2013Anniston Lodge Anniston Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SW
Received 25 Oct 2013The Smiddy Kilry Blairgowrie PH11 8HX
Received 29 Oct 2013Arrats Mill Arrat Brechin DD9 7PR
Received 30 Oct 2013Arrats Mill Arrat Brechin DD9 7PR
Received 30 Oct 201319 Palmerston Street Montrose DD10 8HR
Received 2 Nov 2013Land At Cormaud Wester Lednathie Glen Prosen
Received 4 Nov 2013Land 200M West Of Shielmaron Craigton Monikie
Received 4 Nov 2013Field 200M North Of Crosston Steading Aberlemno Forfar
Received 4 Nov 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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