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.
12,737 approved · 509 refused · 1,153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Cruickshank Park Hillside Montrose DD10 9NA
Received 6 Mar 2019134 Dundee Street Carnoustie DD7 7PP
Received 6 Mar 2019Plot 6 Strathview Rise Forfar
Received 8 Mar 201936 Erskine Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SD
Received 8 Mar 201915 Bellie's Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4EB
Received 8 Mar 2019Burnview 6 Rosehill Montrose DD10 8RZ
Received 8 Mar 20191 Crosston Cottages Aberlemno Forfar DD8 3PE
Received 11 Mar 2019The Stables Gagie House Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PR
Received 11 Mar 2019The Stables Gagie House Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PR
Received 11 Mar 20193 Lunan Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TB
Received 11 Mar 2019Smiddyfield Memus Forfar DD8 3TY
Received 11 Mar 2019Union Park Links Avenue Montrose
Received 11 Mar 2019Shop Traill Drive Montrose DD10 8SW
Received 12 Mar 2019Land Adjacent To Wheen Glen Clova
Received 12 Mar 201935 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Proposed Underground Heating Pipes Haughs Of Kinnaird Brechin
Received 12 Mar 2019Keptie Park Keptie Road Arbroath
Received 11 Mar 2019Pond Baldoukie Farm Baldoukie Tannadice
Received 11 Mar 2019Land At Lamondfauld Farm Dubton Road Hillside Montrose
Received 13 Mar 201913 Kirk Road Fowlis Dundee DD2 5SB
Received 13 Mar 201919 Holyrood Street Carnoustie DD7 6HF
Received 13 Mar 2019Plot 104 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 14 Mar 2019Plot 114 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 14 Mar 2019109 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PX
Received 14 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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