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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.
12,768 approved · 511 refused · 1,153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Buick Drive Arbroath DD11 5LF
Received 17 Apr 2019Plot 4 Westmarch Steading Muirhead
Received 17 Apr 2019Livery Stables Muirdrum Carnoustie
Received 17 Apr 2019Site At Craigmill Road Bridgefoot Strathmartine
Received 17 Apr 2019Gayfield Park Queens Drive Arbroath DD11 1QB
Received 18 Apr 201925 Thornton Park Forfar DD8 1HG
Received 18 Apr 2019Nether Handwick Farmhouse Glen Ogilvie Forfar DD8 1UP
Received 19 Apr 2019Land 80M South Of South Leckaway Farm Forfar
Received 19 Apr 2019Seagreen Alpha And Bravo Offshore Windfarms East Of The Angus Coast Firth Of Forth
Received 19 Apr 201944 Collier Street Carnoustie DD7 7AL
Received 19 Apr 2019Pressock Farm Pressock Guthrie
Received 19 Apr 2019Southesk Primary School Hill Place Montrose DD10 8BP
Received 22 Apr 2019The Elms 49 Brechin Road Kirriemuir DD8 4DE
Received 23 Apr 2019Glen House High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TF
Received 23 Apr 201927 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AE
Received 15 Apr 201958 High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 24 Apr 201958 High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 24 Apr 201952 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AB
Received 25 Apr 201952 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AB
Received 25 Apr 2019Lilybank 4 Terrace Road Carnoustie DD7 7AF
Received 25 Apr 201928 Lethnot Road Arbroath DD11 5EG
Received 25 Apr 2019104 Bellevue Gardens Arbroath DD11 5BQ
Received 25 Apr 2019Coonawarra Milton Of Conon Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RQ
Received 25 Apr 20193 Strathview Rise Forfar DD8 1XU
Received 25 Apr 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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