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.
12,729 approved · 508 refused · 1,151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Kirkton Of Kinnettles Kinnettles Forfar DD8 1TQ
Received 26 Feb 20197 Braeside Cottages Burnside Of Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PF
Received 26 Feb 2019The Steading 3 Gagie Home Farm Holdings Gagie Duntrune
Received 26 Feb 2019Units 1 & 2 43 Lower Balmain Street Montrose DD10 8BQ
Received 27 Feb 20198 The Glebe Liff Dundee DD2 5WE
Received 27 Feb 201948 St Brioc Way Ferryden Montrose DD10 9SS
Received 28 Feb 20197 Borrowfield Crescent Montrose DD10 9BR
Received 28 Feb 2019Livery Yard The Stables Murroes
Received 28 Feb 201944 Erskine Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SD
Received 28 Feb 20196 East Hemming Street Letham Forfar DD8 2PT
Received 1 Mar 2019Shop Gardyne Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4SG
Received 1 Mar 201938 Slade Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 5AF
Received 1 Mar 2019Letham Police And Community Access Office 8 East Hemming Street Letham Forfar DD8 2PT
Received 1 Mar 2019Mains Of Ardovie Farm Ardovie Brechin
Received 1 Mar 2019Former Montrose Airfield Charleton Road Montrose
Received 4 Mar 2019Plot 1 Inchbare Edzell
Received 4 Mar 2019Pluckerston Farm Logie Kirriemuir DD8 5PF
Received 4 Mar 20194 Murroes Place Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SU
Received 4 Mar 2019Land Between Nos 16 And 19 Peebles Letham Grange Arbroath
Received 4 Mar 2019Kirkton Of Nevay Steading Kirkton Of Nevay Newtyle
Received 4 Mar 2019Agricultural Buildings Kirkton Of Auchterhouse
Received 5 Mar 20196 Roseville Place Arbroath DD11 3HD
Received 5 Mar 20191 Bulb Park Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8UZ
Received 6 Mar 2019Rockcliffe 2 Bankhead Road Forfar DD8 3JP
Received 6 Mar 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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