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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.
12,622 approved · 501 refused · 1,133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Equipment At Hill Of Bellaty Glen Isla
Received 16 Oct 2018Newbigging Farmhouse Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TL
Received 10 Oct 2018Shell UK Ltd Petrol Filling Station Queenswell Road Forfar DD8 3JA
Received 17 Oct 2018Land To Rear Of 16 Main Road Inverkeilor
Received 17 Oct 2018Stable Block Panmure Estate Panmure Carnoustie
Received 17 Oct 2018Stable Block Panmure Estate Panmure Carnoustie
Received 17 Oct 2018Site At Letham Mill Letham Mill St Vigeans
Received 17 Oct 201812 - 14 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BG
Received 18 Oct 20183 Gowanbank Cottages Gowanbank Forfar DD8 2SU
Received 18 Oct 201849 Southesk Street Brechin DD9 6AT
Received 18 Oct 2018Land North Of 13A Morrison Street Kirriemuir
Received 18 Oct 20182 Cononbank Montrose DD10 9AB
Received 19 Oct 2018Dunvegan Main Street Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RP
Received 19 Oct 20187 Callander Place Forfar DD8 3DE
Received 22 Oct 2018Field 200M South East New Streets At The Grange Monifieth
Received 18 Oct 20187 Grampian Drive Kirriemuir DD8 4TN
Received 17 Oct 2018Ladenford Farm Lour Forfar
Received 23 Oct 20181B Victoria Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HL
Received 23 Oct 2018Site At Baden Powell Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath
Received 23 Oct 2018Lairig Forfar DD8 2RJ
Received 24 Oct 201862 Maule Street Carnoustie DD7 6EG
Received 25 Oct 201842 Canmore Street Forfar DD8 3HT
Received 25 Oct 2018Ardloch 5 Robertson Terrace Forfar DD8 3JN
Received 25 Oct 2018Ground At Pitreuchie Farm Forfar
Received 19 Oct 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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