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.
11,544 approved · 456 refused · 976 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kingsley House Hotel 29 - 31 Marketgate Arbroath DD11 1AU
Received 9 Jun 2015Field 920M East Of Craichie Mill Farm Craichie Forfar
Received 9 Jun 2015139 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 9 Jun 2015121 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 9 Jun 2015Field 175M South Of Nether Finlarg Nether Finlarg Forfar
Received 10 Jun 2015184 High Street Montrose DD10 8PH
Received 10 Jun 2015184 High Street Montrose DD10 8PH
Received 10 Jun 20153 South Esk Road Tannadice Forfar DD8 3SH
Received 10 Jun 2015Myrtlebank Lamondfauld Road Hillside Montrose DD10 9HY
Received 9 Jun 20151 Panmurefield Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QU
Received 11 Jun 201599 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 11 Jun 201588 East High Street Forfar DD8 2ET
Received 11 Jun 2015101 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 11 Jun 201527 Munro Way Kirriemuir DD8 4NG
Received 11 Jun 201534 Munro Way Kirriemuir DD8 4NG
Received 11 Jun 201521 Muirfield Place Arbroath DD11 3HJ
Received 11 Jun 2015286 High Street Arbroath DD11 1JF
Received 11 Jun 201520 West Port Arbroath DD11 1RE
Received 11 Jun 20156 Northampton Road Forfar DD8 1JG
Received 10 Jun 20153 Brothock Meadows Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4QN
Received 11 Jun 2015Indoor Market 41 High Street Arbroath DD11 1AN
Received 11 Jun 20157A Mary Countess Way Glamis Forfar DD8 1RF
Received 12 Jun 201570 Broomwell Gardens Monikie Dundee DD5 3QP
Received 13 Jun 2015Field 370M North East Of Dodd Farm Monikie
Received 12 Jun 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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