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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.
11,326 approved · 450 refused · 958 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
100 Panmure Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JB
Received 22 Dec 20145 Kinaldie Holdings Kinaldie Arbroath DD11 5SX
Received 23 Dec 2014Bairds Malt Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 2NJ
Received 24 Dec 201438 Dorward Road Montrose DD10 8SB
Received 24 Dec 2014Field 100M North West Of Hillcrest Lunan Montrose
Received 29 Dec 2014Scrap Yard Forties Road Montrose DD10 9ET
Received 29 Dec 20144 Old Orchard Kirkton Of Craig Montrose DD10 9TT
Received 4 Jan 201566 Brook Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AJ
Received 5 Jan 2015103 Keptie Road Arbroath DD11 3EW
Received 30 Dec 2014Town And County Hall The Cross Forfar DD8 1BX
Received 5 Jan 2015Municipal Buildings Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AF
Received 5 Jan 201597 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 6 Jan 201513B Annfield Drive Arbroath DD11 2EJ
Received 7 Jan 2015Land South Of Smithy Cottage Whigstreet Forfar
Received 7 Jan 2015Car Park Unit 1 New Road Forfar DD8 2AE
Received 7 Jan 2015Car Park Unit 1 New Road Forfar DD8 2AE
Received 7 Jan 2015Woodland West Of Dykend Glenquiech Forfar
Received 8 Jan 2015Old Kinnaber Water Works Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 8 Jan 2015Land 900M West Of Rossie School Mountboy Montrose
Received 8 Jan 201519 Charleston Glamis Forfar DD8 1UF
Received 9 Jan 201511 The Square Letham Forfar DD8 2PZ
Received 9 Jan 2015Heathermount 134 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 10 Jan 201516 Henry Street Kirriemuir DD8 5DL
Received 9 Jan 2015Desta Mar 2 Kaim's Hill Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4QY
Received 12 Jan 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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