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.
13,007 approved · 527 refused · 1,194 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Auchrennie Muirdrum Carnoustie DD7 6LU
Received 24 Jan 2020Gagie House Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PR
Received 27 Jan 2020Old Montrose House Old Montrose Montrose DD10 9LN
Received 27 Jan 2020Viewfield Hotel 1 Viewfield Road Arbroath DD11 2BS
Received 27 Jan 2020Field North Of Gagie Home Farm Gagie Duntrune
Received 27 Jan 202025 Yeaman Street Carnoustie DD7 7AU
Received 28 Jan 202046 Ireland Street Carnoustie DD7 6AW
Received 28 Jan 2020Fontstane 14 Loch Of Liff Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NE
Received 28 Jan 20202 Shore Row East Haven Carnoustie DD7 6LT
Received 28 Jan 2020Field 200M South Of East Muirhead Of Logie Logie Kirriemuir
Received 29 Jan 20203 Windsor Terrace Brechin DD9 6SD
Received 29 Jan 202010 Mallard Way Forfar Angus DD8 3FN
Received 29 Jan 20209 Mallard Way Forfar Angus DD8 3FN
Received 29 Jan 2020Affordable Housing Development Mayfield Terrace Arbroath
Received 29 Jan 2020Hatton Wastewater Treatment Works Nether Kelly Arbroath
Received 29 Jan 2020Airlie House 20 Airlie Street Brechin DD9 6JX
Received 30 Jan 20207 Strathmore Avenue Kirriemuir DD8 4DJ
Received 30 Jan 202030 Milton Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QG
Received 30 Jan 202020 Redfield Road Montrose DD10 8TW
Received 30 Jan 2020Nether Finlarg Farm Nether Finlarg Forfar
Received 31 Jan 202011 St Regulus Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RJ
Received 31 Jan 20207 Kingfisher Avenue Forfar Angus DD8 3FS
Received 31 Jan 2020North Esk Viaduct Kinnaber Montrose
Received 31 Jan 202012 The Square Letham Forfar DD8 2PZ
Received 31 Jan 2020Records 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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