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.
12,579 approved · 497 refused · 1,122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site 244M South East Of Olimuir Kirriemuir
Received 10 Aug 2018Plot 293 - 296 Montrose Road Arbroath
Received 10 Aug 2018Miltonhaugh Tealing Dundee DD4 0QZ
Received 9 Aug 20189 Hercules Place Arbroath DD11 4HT
Received 13 Aug 2018Plot 12 Brechin Business Park Brechin
Received 13 Aug 201815 Reid Park Road Forfar DD8 1LF
Received 13 Aug 20185 Rowan Avenue Kirriemuir DD8 4TB
Received 15 Aug 201858 St Ninian's Road Padanaram Forfar DD8 1PT
Received 15 Aug 201843 Blairs Road Letham Forfar DD8 2PE
Received 16 Aug 20189 Burnside Of Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PF
Received 16 Aug 201828 Brechin Road Kirriemuir DD8 4DD
Received 16 Aug 201819 Elm Grove Arbroath DD11 4ET
Received 16 Aug 2018Foldend House Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JA
Received 16 Aug 2018Warehouse And Showroom Forties Road Montrose DD10 9ET
Received 20 Aug 201811 Queens Close Montrose DD10 8FR
Received 20 Aug 20188 Kellas Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PE
Received 20 Aug 2018Quarry Cottage Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0PW
Received 20 Aug 2018Foldend House Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JA
Received 21 Aug 2018Lock Up Garage Site South Esk Street Montrose
Received 21 Aug 201824 Bearehill Loan Brechin DD9 6XG
Received 22 Aug 2018Monifieth Farm Ethiebeaton Park Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HB
Received 23 Aug 2018East Cottage Upper Drumgley Forfar DD8 1PW
Received 23 Aug 20182 Corbie Knowe Newbarns Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SW
Received 24 Aug 2018Monifieth Farm Ethiebeaton Park Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HB
Received 24 Aug 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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