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.
11,689 approved · 461 refused · 994 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Former Workshop And Yard Cortachy Road Kirriemuir
Received 20 Nov 20152 Upper Andover Hill Brechin DD9 7DD
Received 21 Nov 2015Land At Shank Of Omachie Wellbank
Received 23 Nov 201510 Granary Wynd Monikie Dundee DD5 3WP
Received 24 Nov 2015Cairnview The Avenue Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0TS
Received 24 Nov 2015Bankhead Farm Steading Kirkbuddo Forfar DD8 2NF
Received 24 Nov 2015Electricity Sub Station Forfar
Received 25 Nov 2015Field North Of Manse Cottage Kirkton Of Monikie Monikie
Received 20 Nov 2015Templeton Christmas Tree Farm Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0PP
Received 25 Nov 2015Methodist Chapel New Wynd Montrose DD10 8NP
Received 25 Nov 2015Methodist Chapel New Wynd Montrose DD10 8NP
Received 26 Nov 2015Templehall Newbigging Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RG
Received 25 Nov 20153 Arniefoul Glamis
Received 24 Nov 2015The Farmhouse Drummygar Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RA
Received 25 Nov 20152 - 4 West Port Arbroath DD11 1RE
Received 26 Nov 2015Field 250M North East Of Tobees Court Tinkers Avenue Oathlaw Forfar
Received 26 Nov 2015Former Andover School Nursery Lane Brechin
Received 26 Nov 2015Former Andover School Nursery Lane Brechin
Received 26 Nov 20155 Tayside Street Carnoustie DD7 6AX
Received 26 Nov 2015Car Park Bellies Brae Kirriemuir
Received 30 Nov 2015South Cottage Brax Arbroath DD11 2QP
Received 30 Nov 20156 Clayhills Gardens Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RP
Received 30 Nov 2015Millfield House Arbroath DD11 3RA
Received 26 Nov 201514 James Herald Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JJ
Received 27 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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