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.
11,870 approved · 471 refused · 1,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Rear Of 48 Glamis Road Kirriemuir
Received 27 May 2016Workshop and Office Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 27 May 2016St Mary's Church West Hillbank Kirriemuir DD8 4HX
Received 30 May 201640 Rossie Island Road Montrose DD10 9NW
Received 30 May 2016186 - 188 High Street Montrose DD10 8PH
Received 31 May 2016186 - 188 High Street Montrose DD10 8PH
Received 31 May 20169 Waterside View Carnoustie DD7 6EA
Received 31 May 2016Riverside Cottage Logie Craigo Montrose DD10 9LD
Received 31 May 20169 - 10 Lunan Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TB
Received 31 May 201630 Milton Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QG
Received 27 May 2016Golf Pro Centre Carnoustie Golf Course Links Parade Carnoustie
Received 31 May 2016114 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 2 Jun 2016114 High Street Montrose DD10 8JE
Received 2 Jun 201697 High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 2 Jun 2016Public Convenience Craig O'Loch Road Forfar
Received 3 Jun 2016Public Convenience Craig O'Loch Road Forfar
Received 3 Jun 2016Tinkletap Cottage Tealing Dundee DD4 0QA
Received 3 Jun 2016Land At Pathhead Farm Forfar Road Kirriemuir
Received 3 Jun 2016Store 1 Whitewell Farm Forfar
Received 2 Jun 2016Ashbrook Nursery Woodside Arbroath DD11 3RB
Received 3 Jun 2016Land 10M East Of Hillhead Cottage Carmyllie
Received 6 Jun 2016Ship Inn 21 Marketgate Arbroath DD11 1AU
Received 7 Jun 20166 East High Street Forfar DD8 2EG
Received 7 Jun 2016Drumbertnot Farmhouse Drumbertnot Montrose DD10 9TR
Received 7 Jun 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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