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.
12,695 approved · 506 refused · 1,143 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heatherlands 4 Kinnell Gardens Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WA
Received 21 Jan 20192 Panmure Street Brechin DD9 6AP
Received 21 Jan 20197 Bellie's Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4EJ
Received 21 Jan 20192 Panmure Street Brechin DD9 6AP
Received 22 Jan 2019Land At Roseberry Place Arbroath
Received 22 Jan 2019Bunker Craigton Monikie
Received 22 Jan 2019Former Noranside Prison Social Club Fern Forfar
Received 22 Jan 2019Land At Downie Hills Craigton Monikie
Received 22 Jan 20196 Cliffburn Terrace Arbroath DD11 5BP
Received 23 Jan 2019Land At Kirkden Street Friockheim
Received 23 Jan 201914 Rosemount Road Arbroath DD11 2AU
Received 24 Jan 2019146B High Street Montrose DD10 8JB
Received 24 Jan 2019Arkleston The Drive Edzell Brechin DD9 7XX
Received 25 Jan 201912 Angus Wynd Monifieth Dundee DD5 4UD
Received 25 Jan 201910 Church Street Carnoustie DD7 6DE
Received 25 Jan 2019Pictavia Brechin Castle Centre Brechin DD9 6RL
Received 25 Jan 2019Riverside Lodge Glen Esk Brechin DD9 7YW
Received 28 Jan 2019Land 600M West Of Witton Farm Lethnot Edzell
Received 28 Jan 2019The Haven Carlogie Carnoustie DD7 6LD
Received 28 Jan 20196 Hill Place Arbroath DD11 1AE
Received 28 Jan 2019Unit 06 Broomfield Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 25 Jan 201914 Union Place Montrose DD10 8QB
Received 29 Jan 201930 Hawthorn Grove Baldovie Dundee DD5 3NA
Received 29 Jan 2019Roseking Hall Kirkbuddo DD8 2NL
Received 29 Jan 2019Records 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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