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.
11,605 approved · 459 refused · 986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AD
Received 31 Jul 2015Land At Westerlea Cliffburn Road Arbroath
Received 3 Aug 201513 Lorne Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DY
Received 3 Aug 201584 East Muirlands Road Arbroath DD11 3HE
Received 4 Aug 2015Crosston High Steading Aberlemno Forfar DD8 3PE
Received 3 Aug 2015Parkhill House Parkhill Arbroath DD11 5RG
Received 4 Aug 2015Multi Packaging Solutions Factory 6 Baden Powell Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 3LS
Received 5 Aug 2015Ballownie Lodge Stracathro Brechin DD9 7QE
Received 6 Aug 2015Balgove House Balgove Montrose DD10 9TB
Received 6 Aug 2015Land Rear Of 12 West Hemming Street Letham
Received 5 Aug 2015RR Spink And Sons (Arbroath) Ltd Sir William Smith Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 3RD
Received 6 Aug 20152 Gravesend Arbroath DD11 1HT
Received 6 Aug 201543 Rosehill Road Montrose DD10 8RY
Received 7 Aug 201535 School Road Arbroath DD11 2LU
Received 7 Aug 2015Old Smithy 19 South Esk Road Tannadice Forfar DD8 3SH
Received 10 Aug 2015Workshop And Yard Broomfield Road Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 11 Aug 2015Valleyfield Swirlburn Arbroath DD11 3SQ
Received 11 Aug 2015Land South Of 19 Kellas Road Wellbank
Received 11 Aug 2015104 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 12 Aug 2015Netherton Cottage East Keillor Coupar Angus Blairgowrie PH13 9JU
Received 12 Aug 2015Lunan Bank Farm Cottage LunanBank Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 4UR
Received 12 Aug 201550 Auchmithie Arbroath DD11 5SQ
Received 12 Aug 20155 Castle Street Brechin DD9 6JW
Received 12 Aug 20155 Castle Street Brechin DD9 6JW
Received 12 Aug 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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