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.
12,938 approved · 523 refused · 1,182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Balfield House 8 Osprey View Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5LZ
Received 12 Nov 2019Whitehills Primary School Fyfe Street Forfar DD8 3EQ
Received 12 Nov 2019Glenquiech Farm Glenquiech Forfar
Received 13 Nov 2019Grey Lodge Cortachy Kirriemuir
Received 13 Nov 20191 - 3 Reform Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BS
Received 13 Nov 2019The Paddock Leysmill Arbroath DD11 4RR
Received 14 Nov 201925 King Street Montrose DD10 8NL
Received 14 Nov 2019125 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DP
Received 14 Nov 2019125 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DP
Received 14 Nov 20194 Woodville Gardens Woodville Arbroath DD11 3RH
Received 15 Nov 2019Building 123 Montrose Works Cobden Street Montrose
Received 15 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Mundamalla Coupar Angus Road Newtyle
Received 15 Nov 2019Land At Balhungie Farm Balhungie Monifieth
Received 18 Nov 20193 The Banks Brechin DD9 6JD
Received 18 Nov 20197 Bearehill Gardens Brechin DD9 6LW
Received 13 Nov 2019Flat 1 21 High Street Brechin DD9 6ES
Received 13 Nov 2019Flat 1 21 High Street Brechin DD9 6ES
Received 13 Nov 2019The Farmhouse Carsebank Forfar DD8 3NP
Received 19 Nov 20194 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JN
Received 19 Nov 2019Marcholme 6 Dundee Road Letham Forfar DD8 2PP
Received 19 Nov 2019Plot 1 Guthrie Street Letham
Received 15 Nov 2019Field Access Mains Of Kinnettles Farm Kinnettles Forfar
Received 20 Nov 2019Boat Shed River Street Ferryden Montrose
Received 18 Nov 20192 Brochie Cottages Monikie Dundee DD5 3QN
Received 21 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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