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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
Angus
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Angus. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates14,729Searchable applications
173Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 13,032 approved or refused records
495Refused applications
12,537 approved · 495 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingContact planning Property enquiry certificatesLocal plan Development planPre-application advice Pre-application advice and surgeries
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03452777778Council source
- Planning enquiries0800111999Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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.
More application records
- Approved Subject to Conditions18/00493/PPPL
Erection of an Essential Workers Dwellinghouse
Hagmuir Farm Reswallie Forfar DD8 2SB
Received 25 Jun 2018 - Withdrawn18/00494/FULL
Two Storey Double Garage with Games Room on the First Floor
26 Henry Street Kirriemuir DD8 5DL
Received 25 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00495/FULL
Change of Use to Storage Area and Erection of Boundary Fence
Land Opposite Unit 3 Broomfield Industrial Estate Montrose
Received 25 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00496/ADV
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign, Projecting Sign
Unit 4 Brechin Road Lochside Retail Park Montrose Angus DD10 9FA
Received 25 Jun 2018 - Approved18/00497/FULL
Change to Building Finishes including Stone Cladding and White Rendered Wall for Planning Permissions 18/00232/FULL and 18/00233/FULL
Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 26 Jun 2018 - Approved18/00498/FULL
Alterations & Extension to Dwellinghouse
Thistledown Cottage 4 Ryehill Cottages Mill Place Craigo Montrose DD10 9JZ
Received 21 Jun 2018 - Approved18/00499/FULL
Planning Application for an industrial fence around the perimeter of the site and to the existing industrial building on Broomfield Road
Workshop And Yard Broomfield Road Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 26 Jun 2018 - Approved18/00500/FULL
Retrospective Change of Use to Tattoo Parlour
4 Grampian Park Forfar DD8 1DD
Received 26 Jun 2018 - Approved18/00501/FULL
Change of Use of Land to Garden Ground
Land East Of Braeside Kirkton Of Auchterhouse
Received 27 Jun 2018 - Withdrawn18/00502/FULL
Proposed Development of 25 no Units Including Affordable and Infrastructure
Land Adjacent To Mundamalla Coupar Angus Road Newtyle
Received 27 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00503/FULL
Erection of Cafe and Shop Building
Ashbrook Nursery Woodside Arbroath DD11 3RB
Received 27 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00504/FULL
Erection of Double Garage
2 Westend Cottages Station Road Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4SF
Received 26 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00507/FULL
Erection of Bronze Sculpture/Stone Plinth, Installation of Fixed Seating and Associated Works
Land Between Visitor Centre And Hamilton Green Arbroath Abbey Abbey Street Arbroath
Received 29 Jun 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00508/FULL
Demolition of Existing Care Home and Cottage at 26 Arbroath Road, and Erection of New Supported Housing Development Consisting of 20 Dwellings Together with Communal Space/Office Accommodation
The Gables Arbroath Road Forfar DD8 2JL
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00509/FULL
Erection of a Detached Dwellinghouse
Land South Of 19 Kellas Road Wellbank
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00510/FULL
Erection of a Dwellinghouse - Change in House Design
Plot 1 Memus Manse Memus Forfar
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00511/FULL
Erection of Two Dwellinghouses
Land To Rear Of 17-25 Keptie Road Lochlands Drive Arbroath
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00512/ADV
Erection of Post Mounted Aluminium Framework Sign
Applegate Arbroath
Received 2 Jul 2018 - Approved18/00513/FULL
Proposed Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse
76 Lord Lyell Drive Kirriemuir DD8 4LF
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00514/FULL
Proposed Erection of Stable
Land North West Of Eskdale Dun Montrose
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Approved18/00515/FULL
Alterations & Extension to Existing Dwelling House
Newlands Kirkbuddo Forfar DD8 2WA
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00516/LBC
Proposed Alterations to Internal Layout, Formation of New First Floor Window and Replacement external Windows and Door.
Kirkgate Eassie Forfar DD8 1SQ
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00518/FULL
Erection of a Dwellinghouse (Change of House Type)
Site At West Newbigging Arbroath
Received 3 Jul 2018 - Approved Subject to Conditions18/00519/LBC
Internal Alterations including Moving Internal Door and Formation of Partition Walls
50D High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 4 Jul 2018
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start 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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What these statistics cover
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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