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.
11,588 approved · 459 refused · 982 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fern Shielhill Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PA
Received 16 Jul 2015Blair House Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 18 Jul 2015Waterfall Cottage Bridgend Of Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JH
Received 17 Jul 2015139 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QA
Received 20 Jul 2015Land At Smithton Loch Lundie Muirhead
Received 20 Jul 2015Plot 7 Rosehill Montrose
Received 17 Jul 2015No 1 Milton Of Conon Milton Of Conon Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RQ
Received 20 Jul 2015Flat 1-2 25 Montrose Road Forfar DD8 2HT
Received 20 Jul 201594 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 20 Jul 2015Land 100M East Of Electricity Sub Station East Muirlands Road Arbroath
Received 20 Jul 201512, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20 & 48 - 53 Buick Drive Arbroath DD11 5LF 2 - 14 Moonlight Gardens Arbroath DD11 5LE
Received 17 Jul 2015Theatre 99A High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 21 Jul 2015Heron House Rossie Mills Montrose DD10 9TJ
Received 17 Jul 201511 Andrew Barton Street Arbroath DD11 5HB
Received 22 Jul 2015East Grange Of Conon Colliston Arbroath DD11 3SF
Received 22 Jul 2015Stables Manse Careston
Received 22 Jul 2015Stables Manse Careston
Received 22 Jul 2015Land 80M North Of Shepherd's Cottage Invermark Glen Esk
Received 22 Jul 201563 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HP
Received 23 Jul 2015Hillhead Of Ascurry Farmhouse Gask Letham Forfar DD8 2ND
Received 24 Jul 2015Hillhead Of Ascurry Farmhouse Gask Letham Forfar DD8 2ND
Received 24 Jul 2015Lloyds TSB Scotland 8 - 10 St Mary Street Brechin DD9 6JQ
Received 24 Jul 2015Land 300M North Of North Tarbrax Farm Kincaldrum Forfar
Received 24 Jul 2015Land At Kirkbank Auchmithie
Received 24 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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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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