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.
12,678 approved · 504 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bogside Forfar DD8 3TJ
Received 13 Dec 2018Distillery Smithbank Road Brechin DD9 7PA
Received 17 Dec 2018Kinnettles House Kinnettles Forfar DD8 1TR
Received 17 Dec 2018Kinnettles House Kinnettles Forfar DD8 1TR
Received 17 Dec 2018Land North Of William Wallace House Orchard Loan Orchardbank Business Park Forfar
Received 17 Dec 2018Angus Training Group Ltd Catherine Street Arbroath DD11 1RL
Received 17 Dec 2018Land Opposite Barns Of Craig Cottages Barns Of Craig Montrose
Received 17 Dec 2018Kerryston Bank Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 17 Dec 2018Site At Kinnell Arbroath
Received 17 Dec 2018Burnview 6 Rosehill Montrose DD10 8RZ
Received 17 Dec 2018Land 245M South West Of Newbigging Of Logie Logie Kirriemuir
Received 17 Dec 2018Keptie Park Keptie Road Arbroath
Received 17 Dec 2018Arratsmill House Arrat Brechin DD9 7PR
Received 17 Dec 2018Plot 90 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 18 Dec 2018Plot 92 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 18 Dec 2018Land Opposite Guide Dogs Training School Orchard Loan Orchardbank Business Park Forfar
Received 18 Dec 2018Ar-dachaidh Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 19 Dec 2018Land At Montrose Road Arbroath
Received 19 Dec 2018Dormitories Woodside Farm Colliston Arbroath
Received 19 Dec 2018Unit 14D Panmure Industrial Estate Carnoustie DD7 7NP
Received 20 Dec 2018Plot 98 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 20 Dec 2018The Bothy Fothringham Forfar DD8 2JP
Received 20 Dec 2018Plot 100 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 20 Dec 2018STREET RECORD Glen Clova
Received 20 Dec 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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