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.
11,770 approved · 466 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1- 3 High Street Brechin DD9 6ES & 4 - 6 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EF
Received 24 Feb 2016Glencairn Dykehead Kirriemuir DD8 4QN
Received 24 Feb 2016Upper Drumgley Farm Upper Drumgley Forfar
Received 26 Feb 2016Former Swimming Pool The Mall Montrose DD10 8NN
Received 26 Feb 2016Home Farmhouse Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 26 Feb 2016Land Between Rockhead Cottage And Steading Cottage Baldardo Forfar
Received 26 Feb 2016Field 430M South Of Mains Of Dun Dun Montrose
Received 26 Feb 2016Restenneth Business Park Old Brechin Road Forfar
Received 29 Feb 201617 Whinfield Road Montrose DD10 8SL
Received 29 Feb 20168 Montrose Business Centre Broomfield Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 29 Feb 2016Lemno Burn And Banks South West Of Bogindollo Bridge Bogindollo Forfar
Received 1 Mar 2016Seafield Farm Seafield Auchmithie
Received 2 Mar 2016Site At Gardyne Street Friockheim
Received 2 Mar 2016Bogindollo Farm Bogindollo Forfar DD8 3PL
Received 2 Mar 201629 Taymouth Terrace Carnoustie DD7 7JW
Received 3 Mar 2016The Old Shop North Quilkoe Forfar DD8 3RS
Received 3 Mar 201697 High Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AB
Received 2 Mar 20165 Blacklaw Drive Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RJ
Received 2 Mar 2016Abbeybank House Springfield Terrace Arbroath DD11 1EL
Received 3 Mar 2016Inch Bowling Pavillion Croft Road Montrose
Received 4 Mar 2016Land East Of Craighowe Kingennie
Received 3 Mar 201610 Turfbeg Avenue Forfar DD8 3LJ
Received 4 Mar 201620 Rosehill Montrose DD10 8RZ
Received 7 Mar 201619 Trinity Road Brechin DD9 6BJ
Received 7 Mar 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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