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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.
12,931 approved · 523 refused · 1,182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Walled Garden Lunan Bank Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 4UR
Received 25 Oct 2019Ironshill Farm Ironshill Inverkeilor
Received 25 Oct 201919 Merlin Grove Forfar Angus DD8 3FJ
Received 25 Oct 2019Craig House Kirkton Of Craig Montrose DD10 9TB
Received 28 Oct 201910 Marywell Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4BJ
Received 25 Oct 201910 South Balmossie Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QD
Received 29 Oct 201942 Dorward Road Montrose DD10 8SB
Received 30 Oct 2019Stablemans Cottage Panbride House Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JR
Received 30 Oct 2019Stablemans Cottage Panbride House Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JR
Received 30 Oct 2019The Farmhouse East Mains Of Dysart Montrose DD10 9TH
Received 31 Oct 20198 Corbie Knowe Newbarns Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SW
Received 30 Oct 2019South Lodge Inverarity Forfar DD8 2JW
Received 31 Oct 20198 Whinfield Road Montrose DD10 8SA
Received 1 Nov 201923 Adderley Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DS
Received 4 Nov 2019Westwood Woodside Arbroath DD11 3RB
Received 6 Nov 2019Hot Food Takeaway Van James Chalmers Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath
Received 4 Nov 2019Whitehaugh Glen Clova
Received 6 Nov 2019Garden Reach 20 Kinnordy Road Kirriemuir DD8 4JL
Received 7 Nov 2019Downieken Farm Newbiging Monifieth
Received 7 Nov 201912B Dunnichen Road Kingsmuir Forfar DD8 2RQ
Received 8 Nov 2019Grey Lodge Cortachy Kirriemuir
Received 8 Nov 201933 Mallard Drive Montrose DD10 9NB
Received 8 Nov 201917 Keptie Road Arbroath DD11 3ED
Received 11 Nov 2019Balquhadly Farm Balquhadly Brechin
Received 11 Nov 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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