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.
12,717 approved · 508 refused · 1,147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
230 Coupar Angus Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QN
Received 15 Feb 20198 Service Road Forfar DD8 3ER
Received 15 Feb 2019Electricity Sub Station Tarry Road Arbroath
Received 15 Feb 201971 Park Road Brechin DD9 7AP
Received 14 Feb 201953 North Street Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TU
Received 18 Feb 201921 Sanderson Place Newbigging Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RQ
Received 18 Feb 2019Avebury Farnell Brechin DD9 6UH
Received 14 Feb 20192 Orange Lane Montrose DD10 8ND
Received 19 Feb 2019Telecommunication Equipment, SITE 1541456 Greenlaw Terrace Barry
Received 14 Feb 2019Land Adjacent To Mid Mosside Cottage Ballinshoe Forfar
Received 20 Feb 2019Pressock Wood Pressock Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SN
Received 20 Feb 2019City Hall 9 Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EE
Received 20 Feb 2019Store 43 Lower Balmain Street Montrose DD10 8BQ
Received 21 Feb 201920 Main Street Glamis Forfar DD8 1RU
Received 21 Feb 2019Miltonhaugh Farmshop Milton Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2QS
Received 21 Feb 2019137 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QA
Received 21 Feb 2019Mains Of Kelly Arbirlot Arbroath DD11 2PQ
Received 22 Feb 2019Store And Yard On South Side Kingston Place Kingsmuir Forfar DD8 2RG
Received 22 Feb 2019East Mains Of Keithock Keithock Brechin DD9 7PY
Received 22 Feb 2019Walled Garden Seaton Arbroath
Received 25 Feb 201938 Idvies View Letham Forfar DD8 2DU
Received 25 Feb 2019Cedar Cottage Main Road Hillside Montrose DD10 9HT
Received 25 Feb 20193A Keptie Street Arbroath DD11 1RQ
Received 25 Feb 201944 Grampian Gardens Arbroath DD11 4AF
Received 26 Feb 2019Records 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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