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.
14,996 approved · 659 refused · 1,536 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2007 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crathie Balruddery Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LF
Received 19 Jun 202514 Beechwood Gardens Arbroath Arbroath DD11 4JA
Received 19 Jun 2025Rosedale Rossie Braes Montrose DD10 9TA
Received 19 Jun 2025Pitnappie Steading Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8UR
Received 19 Jun 2025Pineacre Arbroath Road Forfar DD8 2RJ
Received 20 Jun 2025Malang 2C Dalhousie Street Carnoustie DD7 6EJ
Received 20 Jun 2025The Farmhouse Muirdrum Carnoustie DD7 6LE
Received 23 Jun 202556 Millgate Loan Arbroath DD11 1QW
Received 23 Jun 2025Seasonal Workers Caravans West Scryne Farm West Scryne Carnoustie
Received 24 Jun 20253 High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AN
Received 25 Jun 2025Land 40M West Of Tayock Cottages Brechin Road Montrose
Received 25 Jun 2025Factory Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 2NN
Received 26 Jun 2025Tillyhoit Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2QZ
Received 26 Jun 2025Hunter's Moon 14 Lorne Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DU
Received 26 Jun 202512 Westfield Crescent Forfar DD8 1EG
Received 27 Jun 2025Unit 8 Voigt Road Victoria Green Business Park Carnoustie Angus
Received 27 Jun 2025Land West Of Brechin Business Park Brechin
Received 27 Jun 2025Muirloch Farm Muirloch Liff
Received 1 Jul 2025Friockheim Health Centre 16 Westgate Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TX
Received 2 Jul 20257 East Navarre Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QR
Received 2 Jul 2025Five Marches Lour Road Forfar DD8 2AZ
Received 2 Jul 202512 Inchbrayock Road Ferryden Montrose DD10 9SZ
Received 2 Jul 2025Field 100M West Of Smiddy Croft Newbigging Tealing
Received 2 Jul 2025Cedars Shielhill Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PN
Received 2 Jul 2025Records 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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