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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.
11,381 approved · 450 refused · 960 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Blackhall Cottages Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RJ
Received 18 Feb 2015Seasonal Workers Caravan Site Auchrennie Farm Muirdrum Carnoustie
Received 18 Feb 2015Land 65M East Of 31 Tealing Holding Tealing
Received 17 Feb 20151 Grange Lane Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NB
Received 19 Feb 2015Former Chapel Park Primary School Academy Street Forfar
Received 19 Feb 2015Former Chapel Park Primary School Academy Street Forfar
Received 19 Feb 20151 Bearehill Brae Brechin DD9 6XD
Received 19 Feb 20155 Sidlaw Terrace Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PY
Received 20 Feb 2015Carnoustie Golf Course Links Parade Carnoustie
Received 20 Feb 2015Hillhead Of Ascurry Farmhouse Gask Letham Forfar DD8 2ND
Received 20 Feb 2015Hillhead Of Ascurry Farmhouse Gask Letham Forfar DD8 2ND
Received 20 Feb 201510 Munro Way Kirriemuir DD8 4NG
Received 20 Feb 2015Field 400M South East Of Myreton Farm Myreton Of Claverhouse Strathmartine
Received 23 Feb 201565 South Ramsay Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AP
Received 23 Feb 201530A & 30B Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AB
Received 23 Feb 201530A & 30B Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AB
Received 23 Feb 2015Field 500M South West Of Hilton Of Guthrie Farm Guthrie
Received 23 Feb 2015Land 232M East Of Crofts Cottage Carmyllie
Received 20 Feb 20159 Gateside Road Inverarity Forfar DD8 2JY
Received 23 Feb 2015Little Turin Turin Forfar DD8 2UF
Received 23 Feb 2015Jennywells House Woodville Arbroath DD11 3RJ
Received 23 Feb 2015Teachers Resource Centre Eastgate Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TG
Received 25 Feb 20154 Glenmoy Place Arbroath DD11 5JL
Received 26 Feb 2015No 1A East Ingliston Forfar DD8 1TJ
Received 26 Feb 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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