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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.
12,525 approved · 495 refused · 1,113 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Balbrydie Kinnordy Kirriemuir DD8 5HS
Received 15 Jun 2018Rivendell Slade Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RE
Received 18 Jun 2018Roughmount Cottage Fern Brechin DD9 6SB
Received 18 Jun 2018Village Hall Cortachy Kirriemuir DD8 4LX
Received 18 Jun 2018Village Hall Cortachy Kirriemuir DD8 4LX
Received 18 Jun 201817 Caesar Avenue Carnoustie DD7 6DR
Received 18 Jun 20188 Seagate Arbroath DD11 1BJ
Received 18 Jun 201869 Trinity Fields Crescent Brechin DD9 6YA
Received 15 Jun 201835 Monymusk Road Arbroath DD11 2BZ
Received 19 Jun 2018Field 300M East Of Carlogie Hotel Carlogie Carnoustie
Received 19 Jun 201833 Manor Street Forfar DD8 1BR
Received 19 Jun 201831 Airlie Drive Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RP
Received 20 Jun 2018Parkend Cortachy Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PD
Received 20 Jun 2018Land East Of The Park Careston
Received 20 Jun 2018Melgam House Bridgend Of Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JH
Received 20 Jun 2018Workshop Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 20 Jun 201810 Seabrae Carnoustie DD7 6AY
Received 20 Jun 20184 Travebank Gardens Monifieth Dundee DD5 4ET
Received 20 Jun 2018Bayhouse Beach Road East Haven Carnoustie DD7 6LQ
Received 20 Jun 2018Land At Broom Plantation Glen Prosen Kirriemuir Angus DD8 4RR
Received 20 Jun 201817 Muirfield Place Arbroath DD11 3HJ
Received 21 Jun 2018Corn Exchange Market Place Arbroath DD11 1HR
Received 21 Jun 2018Muir Of Pearsie Glen Prosen Kirriemuir DD8 4RQ
Received 21 Jun 201828 Craigmill Road Bridgefoot Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0PH
Received 22 Jun 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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