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.
11,710 approved · 463 refused · 1,000 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Church Street Carnoustie DD7 6DE
Received 16 Dec 2015Field 200M South East Of New Grange Farmhouse Kincaldrum Forfar
Received 16 Dec 201522 Osprey Drive Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2UW
Received 16 Dec 2015Wastewater Treatment Works Kinnell Arbroath
Received 16 Dec 2015Field 175M South Of Nether Finlarg Nether Finlarg Forfar
Received 17 Dec 20154 Morven Avenue Montrose DD10 9DL
Received 16 Dec 20151 Duntrune House Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PJ
Received 17 Dec 2015Site At East Mains Farm High Street Edzell
Received 18 Dec 20151 Duntrune House Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PJ
Received 18 Dec 201566 Dunnichen Avenue Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2EJ
Received 18 Dec 201519 North Latch Road Brechin DD9 6LE
Received 18 Dec 2015Office 1 24 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EF
Received 18 Dec 2015Golf Inn 5 Park Avenue Carnoustie DD7 7JA
Received 18 Dec 201515 Taymouth Terrace Carnoustie DD7 7JW
Received 18 Dec 2015Muirton Of Ballochy Farm Muirton Of Ballochy Montrose
Received 17 Dec 2015Office 1 24 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EF
Received 18 Dec 201532 Panmure Street Brechin DD9 6AP
Received 17 Dec 2015Goynd Farmhouse Glen Ogil Forfar DD8 3SW
Received 17 Dec 2015Dorward House 24 Dorward Road Montrose DD10 8SB
Received 18 Dec 201510 Fountainbrae Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DX
Received 21 Dec 201512 Kingfisher Place Kingennie Dundee DD5 3JZ
Received 21 Dec 2015Field 600M East Of Balrownie Farm Menmuir Brechin
Received 21 Dec 2015The Chapel Western Cemetery Forfar Road Arbroath
Received 24 Dec 2015Land West Of Janefield Cottage Panbride Road Carnoustie
Received 24 Dec 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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