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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.
11,490 approved · 454 refused · 975 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Mar 2011 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At The Clash Dykehead Kirriemuir
Received 7 May 20155 Inveraldie Terrace Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0QT
Received 8 May 2015Dental Surgery 2 Brothock Bridge Arbroath DD11 1NG
Received 8 May 2015Servite House High Street Montrose
Received 8 May 2015Sheriff Court House Market Street Forfar DD8 3LA
Received 8 May 201528 Rowan Avenue Kirriemuir DD8 4TD
Received 5 May 201516 Marywell Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 4DQ
Received 5 May 2015Former HM Prison Noranside Fern Forfar DD8 3RB
Received 6 May 2015Denton Mill Cottage Gardyne Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SR
Received 7 May 2015Montreathmont Moor Forest Montreathmont Forfar
Received 5 May 2015Kingsley House Hotel 29 - 31 Marketgate Arbroath DD11 1AU
Received 11 May 2015Blossom Cottage Binns Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LL
Received 8 May 2015Glencadam Lodge 38 Trinity Road Brechin DD9 7RT
Received 7 May 2015Bank Brothock Bridge Arbroath DD11 1NG
Received 5 May 201568 - 70 Millgate Loan Arbroath DD11 1QG
Received 6 May 2015Field 700M East Of Pitscandly Farm Pitscandly Forfar
Received 12 May 2015112 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 12 May 2015112 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 12 May 2015Reisk Farmhouse Kinnordy Kirriemuir DD8 4LH
Received 8 May 2015Lilac Cottage Craigton Monikie Dundee DD5 3QN
Received 11 May 201528 Winter Place Carnoustie DD7 6BR
Received 12 May 2015207 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DZ
Received 12 May 2015Land At Mains Of Kirkbuddo Mains Of Kirkbuddo Kirkbuddo
Received 11 May 2015207 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DZ
Received 12 May 2015Records 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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