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.
11,570 approved · 457 refused · 980 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Restaurant Halfpennyburn Forfar DD8 1TE
Received 1 Jul 2015Restaurant Halfpennyburn Forfar DD8 1TE
Received 1 Jul 2015Prieston Farm Prieston Tealing
Received 1 Jul 2015Keepers House Lighthouse Road Scurdie Ness Montrose DD10 9SH
Received 2 Jul 2015Field 350M South West Of Cononsyth Farmhouse Cononsyth Arbroath
Received 30 Jun 2015Prieston Farm Prieston Tealing
Received 2 Jul 20152 North Street Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TT
Received 2 Jul 201565 - 67 East High Street Forfar DD8 2EP
Received 3 Jul 20155 Graham Street Montrose DD10 8SR
Received 3 Jul 2015Ethie Barns Farm Ethie Inverkeilor
Received 3 Jul 2015Land At The Glebe Kellas
Received 4 Jul 2015Wedderleys Glamis Forfar DD8 1SY
Received 6 Jul 2015Land At Sinclair Gardens Hillside Montrose
Received 6 Jul 201540 West High Street Forfar DD8 1BA
Received 7 Jul 201551 Horologe Hill Arbroath DD11 5AF
Received 7 Jul 201574 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AB
Received 7 Jul 201533 Gallowhill Brechin DD9 6BL
Received 7 Jul 2015Nether Arniefoul Farm Cottage Glamis Forfar DD8 1UD
Received 7 Jul 2015Smiddy Croft Newbigging Tealing Dundee DD4 0QX
Received 7 Jul 2015Syde Farm Steading Stracathro Brechin
Received 8 Jul 2015Brechin Bridge Kinnaird Brechin
Received 7 Jul 2015Springfield House Cookston Road Brechin DD9 6BU
Received 8 Jul 2015Field 410M North East Of Greens Of Gardyne Cottages Guthrie
Received 8 Jul 201513 Fontstane Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4LH
Received 8 Jul 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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