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.
12,447 approved · 492 refused · 1,104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 23 Mar 201838 Durham Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PG
Received 23 Mar 20181 South Grange Cottages Grange Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HT
Received 26 Mar 2018Land Due East Of Aston House Panbride Road Carnoustie
Received 26 Mar 2018Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 26 Mar 20189 High Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DA
Received 26 Mar 2018Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 26 Mar 2018Ledyatt Farm Lundie Muirhead
Received 27 Mar 20182 Mount Pleasant Letham Mill St Vigeans Arbroath DD11 4RG
Received 21 Mar 201812 Millar Street Carnoustie DD7 7AS
Received 2 Mar 2018Balvaird Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 21 Mar 20185 Albert Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JS
Received 27 Mar 2018Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 27 Mar 2018Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 27 Mar 20185 Chapel Street Forfar DD8 2AB
Received 27 Mar 2018Mains Of Logie Farm Mains Of Logie Craigo
Received 27 Mar 201837 Wards Avenue Carnoustie DD7 7QX
Received 28 Mar 201880 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PA
Received 29 Mar 2018North Car Park West Abbey Street Arbroath
Received 29 Mar 2018Tigh Na Muirn 4 Victoria Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HL
Received 29 Mar 20183 Prosen Bank Carnoustie DD7 6GX
Received 29 Mar 2018Unit 7 Eco Park Carseview Road Forfar DD8 3BS
Received 29 Mar 2018Muirhouses Farm West Muirhouse Arbroath
Received 29 Mar 2018The Coach House Provost Scott's Road Montrose DD10 8RN
Received 2 Apr 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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