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.
12,339 approved · 488 refused · 1,091 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots 4 Summerhill Kingsmuir Forfar
Received 15 Dec 2017Plots 5 Summerhill Kingsmuir Forfar
Received 15 Dec 2017Mains Of Edzell Farm Edzell
Received 15 Dec 201715 The Row Douglastown Forfar DD8 1TL
Received 18 Dec 2017Former Distillery Brechin Road Montrose
Received 18 Dec 201716 The Row Douglastown Forfar
Received 18 Dec 201733 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HN
Received 18 Dec 2017Workshop And Office Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 19 Dec 201743 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NU
Received 19 Dec 2017Middleton Of Panbride Panbride Road Carnoustie DD7 6JJ
Received 19 Dec 20173 Smiddy Place Letham Forfar DD8 2SD
Received 15 Dec 2017Site At Greystone Greystone Carmyllie
Received 20 Dec 2017Community Garden Montrose Street Brechin
Received 20 Dec 201729 Heather Bank Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WE
Received 20 Dec 201726 Heather Bank Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WE
Received 20 Dec 2017Ar-dachaidh Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 20 Dec 20175 Chapel Street Montrose DD10 8RE
Received 20 Dec 2017Hafflins Alyth Blairgowrie PH11 8HN
Received 21 Dec 2017Montrose Fire & Ambulance Station 16 Garrison Road Montrose DD10 8EE
Received 21 Dec 2017Plum Cottage Mill Place Craigo Montrose DD10 9JZ
Received 21 Dec 2017Field North East Of Pitlivie Farm Muirdrum Carnoustie
Received 21 Dec 2017Site Of Former Seaforth Hotel Dundee Road Arbroath
Received 21 Dec 2017Faulds Kilry Blairgowrie PH11 8HS
Received 21 Dec 2017Land At Balmachie Road Carnoustie
Received 22 Dec 2017Records 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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