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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.
11,596 approved · 459 refused · 985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Roads Depot Slade Road Kirriemuir
Received 24 Jul 20154 Old Orchard Kirkton Of Craig Montrose DD10 9TT
Received 25 Jul 201557 Hawthorn Grove Baldovie Dundee DD5 3NA
Received 24 Jul 20153 Links Avenue Carnoustie DD7 7HR
Received 27 Jul 201517 Dorward Road Montrose DD10 8SB
Received 27 Jul 2015Electricity Sub Station Templelands Birkhill
Received 27 Jul 2015Crosston High Steading Aberlemno Forfar DD8 3PE
Received 24 Jul 2015Inchgrundle 4B Green Lane Carnoustie DD7 6AA
Received 28 Jul 201588 - 94 High Street Arbroath DD11 1HL
Received 28 Jul 20153 Eastbank Brechin DD9 6AT
Received 28 Jul 2015Land At Rear Of Cairn Road Kirriemuir
Received 27 Jul 2015Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 29 Jul 2015Electricity Sub Station Gateside Road Inverarity Forfar
Received 23 Jul 2015103 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 29 Jul 2015Woodland West Of Dykend Glenquiech Forfar
Received 30 Jul 20155 Keith Rigg Arbroath DD11 4JD
Received 30 Jul 2015Montreathmont Moor Forest Montreathmont Forfar
Received 31 Jul 201510 Warslap Avenue Arbroath DD11 2DQ
Received 31 Jul 201531 Lochbank Gardens Forfar DD8 3HG
Received 31 Jul 2015Field 570M East Of Carlogie Hotel Carnoustie
Received 31 Jul 2015Field 570M East Of Carlogie Hotel Carnoustie
Received 30 Jul 201522 Middlefield Avenue Kirriemuir DD8 5AE
Received 29 Jul 2015Auchentinny Cairn Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PW
Received 30 Jul 201516 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AD
Received 31 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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