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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.
12,810 approved · 515 refused · 1,162 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Colliston Castle Colliston Arbroath DD11 3RS
Received 30 May 201986 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HP
Received 31 May 2019Old Gospel Hall St James Road Forfar DD8 2AQ
Received 31 May 201958 Priory Crescent Arbroath DD11 1TJ
Received 31 May 2019Brechin Cathedral Bishop's Close Brechin DD9 6HD
Received 31 May 2019Lochside Lodge Bridgend Of Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JJ
Received 31 May 20198 Dobson Drive Carnoustie DD7 6GQ
Received 31 May 2019Food Processing Factory Carseview Road Forfar DD8 3NG
Received 3 Jun 2019Castleton House Castleton Eassie Forfar DD8 1SJ
Received 3 Jun 2019Viewbank Cottage South Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RB
Received 3 Jun 2019Car Wash Workshop Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 3 Jun 2019New Bungalow Green Beeches Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4RL
Received 4 Jun 2019Pressock Solar Farm Pressock Guthrie
Received 5 Jun 2019Ashludie Hospital Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 5 Jun 2019Dickmontlaw Arbroath DD11 5RB
Received 5 Jun 2019Mains Of Panmure Cottages Panmure Carnoustie
Received 5 Jun 2019Masondieu Church Witchden Road Brechin DD9 7HA
Received 5 Jun 2019154 High Street Arbroath DD11 1HW
Received 30 May 2019Mains Of Carmyllie Farmhouse Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RJ
Received 7 Jun 2019Site 41M West Of The Smiddy Chapelton Arbroath
Received 7 Jun 2019Land 15M West Of Kennels And Cattery 2 Gagie Home Farm Holdings Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PR
Received 7 Jun 20199 Lochbank Gardens Forfar DD8 3HG
Received 7 Jun 201986 East High Street Forfar DD8 2ET
Received 7 Jun 20197 Houghton Drive Hillside Montrose DD10 9FD
Received 11 Jun 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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