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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.
12,409 approved · 491 refused · 1,102 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jun 2009 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hatton Mill Quarry Kinnell Friockheim DD11 4UL
Received 9 Feb 2018Windyedge Farm Windyedge Brechin
Received 14 Feb 2018Hatton Mill Quarry Kinnell Friockheim DD11 4UL
Received 9 Feb 201820 Duthie Street Kirriemuir DD8 5DJ
Received 13 Feb 2018Plot 1 Abbey Street Arbroath
Received 14 Feb 2018Friockheim And Kinnell Parish Church Gardyne Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4SN
Received 15 Feb 201829 Lochbank Gardens Forfar DD8 3HG
Received 16 Feb 2018Kirkton Farm Steading Kirkton Road Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SA
Received 19 Feb 201832 St Brioc Way Ferryden Montrose DD10 9SS
Received 19 Feb 2018Hearse House Liff Parish Church Church Road Liff
Received 19 Feb 2018Miltonhaugh Milton Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2QS
Received 19 Feb 2018Hearse House Liff Parish Church Church Road Liff
Received 19 Feb 201830 Heather Bank Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WE
Received 19 Feb 201828 Heather Bank Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WE
Received 19 Feb 2018North Field Former Hatton Airfield Hatton Carnoustie
Received 19 Feb 2018Workshop and Office Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 19 Feb 2018Workshop and Office Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 20 Feb 2018Kincraigie Cottage Panmure Road Monikie Dundee DD5 3QA
Received 20 Feb 2018Cairnie Loan Storage Area Arbroath
Received 20 Feb 2018Stracathro House Stracathro Brechin DD9 7QF
Received 20 Feb 2018Carnoustie Links Hotel Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JE
Received 20 Feb 201810 Gagiebank Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PT
Received 22 Feb 201819 Knowehead Kirriemuir DD8 5AL
Received 20 Feb 20183 Warren Place Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PQ
Received 22 Feb 2018Records 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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