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.
11,672 approved · 460 refused · 993 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Dec 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kintrockat House Kintrockat Brechin DD9 6RP
Received 28 Oct 20155 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JG
Received 28 Oct 201514 Renny Crescent Montrose DD10 9BW
Received 28 Oct 201544 Monymusk Road Arbroath DD11 2BY
Received 29 Oct 2015Crowhurst Wellhill Montrose DD10 9LF
Received 2 Nov 2015Millend House Mains Of Fowlis Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LQ
Received 2 Nov 2015Field 510M North West Of Auchlishie Farm Kinnordy Kirriemuir
Received 3 Nov 201532 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AE
Received 3 Nov 201532 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AE
Received 3 Nov 201522 Middlefield Avenue Kirriemuir DD8 5AE
Received 3 Nov 2015Filling Station 49 - 53 Clerk Street Brechin DD9 6AZ
Received 3 Nov 201522B Union Street Montrose DD10 8PY
Received 4 Nov 20156 School Terrace Kinnell Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4UJ
Received 5 Nov 201534 Demondale Road Arbroath DD11 1TR
Received 4 Nov 2015Golf Club House Burnside Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RT
Received 5 Nov 201543 Main Road Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5RN
Received 5 Nov 201548 High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 6 Nov 2015Clova Hotel Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4QS
Received 9 Nov 2015An-Ceardach Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 9 Nov 2015The Bungalow Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SN
Received 9 Nov 20155A Victoria Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HP
Received 10 Nov 2015Field 700M East Of Pitscandly Farm Pitscandly Forfar
Received 6 Nov 2015Field East Of Bractullo Mill Farm Bractullo Letham
Received 5 Nov 2015Site At Dubton Farm Brechin
Received 12 Nov 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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