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.
11,730 approved · 464 refused · 1,003 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2010 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hillrise Kirriemuir DD8 4JR
Received 19 Jan 2016Balfield House 8 Osprey View Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5LZ
Received 20 Jan 2016Rescobie Loch Boat House Rescobie Forfar
Received 20 Jan 201610 St Malcolm's Wynd Kirriemuir DD8 4HB
Received 20 Jan 201610 St Malcolm's Wynd Kirriemuir DD8 4HB
Received 20 Jan 2016Farm Cottage Poole Arbroath DD11 4RY
Received 20 Jan 2016Public Library 10 St Ninian's Square Brechin DD9 7AD
Received 21 Jan 201618 Kippford Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TT
Received 21 Jan 2016Dunnichen Parish Church Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 20 Jan 2016Dunnichen Parish Church Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 21 Jan 2016Rottal Farm Glen Clova
Received 21 Jan 2016Golf Club House Burnside Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RT
Received 22 Jan 20164 Strathview Rise Forfar DD8 1XU
Received 22 Jan 2016Woodlands Forfar DD8 1XF
Received 22 Jan 2016Land Between Queen Street And Newton Road Carnoustie
Received 22 Jan 2016Field 140M South East Of Greenhillock Kirkbuddo
Received 24 Jan 201649 Dalhousie Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AL
Received 25 Jan 2016Land North West Of Govals Farm Kincaldrum Forfar
Received 25 Jan 201615 Lochside Crescent Montrose DD10 9BF
Received 25 Jan 20165 & 6 William Street Ferryden Montrose DD10 9RP
Received 25 Jan 2016Druminoch Kingoldrum Kirriemuir DD8 5HD
Received 27 Jan 2016Eight Acres Cottage Craichie Forfar DD8 2LW
Received 28 Jan 201628 Smieton Street Carnoustie DD7 7NA
Received 27 Jan 2016Scott Lodge Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 28 Jan 2016Records 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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