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.
12,854 approved · 517 refused · 1,172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forfar Taxis 76 East High Street Forfar DD8 2ET
Received 17 Jul 2019Wilton Park 11 Taylor Street Forfar DD8 3JQ
Received 17 Jul 2019Petrol Garage And Workshop Lindsay Street Kirriemuir DD8 5AZ
Received 12 Jul 2019Newton Of Glenisla Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8PE
Received 16 Jul 20192 Knowes Loan Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RF
Received 19 Jul 2019Woodburn 56 Kellas Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PE
Received 19 Jul 201926 Trinity Road Brechin DD9 6BE
Received 19 Jul 2019Land South Of The Braes Hospital Road Hillside Montrose
Received 22 Jul 201932 Arbroath Road Carnoustie DD7 6BJ
Received 23 Jul 2019Plot 108 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 23 Jul 201923 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 23 Jul 2019Inzion Balintore Kirriemuir DD8 5JQ
Received 23 Jul 201937 Forfar Road Kirriemuir DD8 5BX
Received 24 Jul 2019Woodley Caravan Park Arbroath DD11 2QJ
Received 24 Jul 20198 Lingard Street Carnoustie DD7 7PY
Received 24 Jul 20195 Panter Crescent Montrose DD10 9BH
Received 24 Jul 2019Newton Of Auchterhouse Farm Auchterhouse Dundee DD2 5PB
Received 26 Jul 2019Land At Inchbare Edzell
Received 29 Jul 20191D High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AN
Received 29 Jul 20197 MacNab Avenue Montrose DD10 9FF
Received 29 Jul 2019Land At Moatmill Bridge Tealing
Received 30 Jul 2019Sea Green Tealing Access Location Tealing
Received 30 Jul 2019Wood Of Dalbog Edzell Brechin DD9 7UU
Received 30 Jul 201932 Keithhall Gardens Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RR
Received 30 Jul 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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