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.
13,024 approved · 528 refused · 1,195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Nether Drumgley Farm Nether Drumgley Forfar
Received 11 Feb 202011 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BE
Received 11 Feb 202011 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BE
Received 11 Feb 2020Crandart Steading Folda Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8QW
Received 11 Feb 2020Field 50M North Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 12 Feb 2020Middle Coul Farmhouse Balintore Kirriemuir DD8 5JR
Received 12 Feb 2020Land 39M North East Of Travis Perkins Ltd Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath
Received 10 Feb 2020Proposed Overhead Line At Panbride Carnoustie
Received 6 Jan 202012 Gedy Place Arbroath DD11 5AJ
Received 12 Feb 2020Clubhouse Inchmacoble Park Forfar DD8 1RL
Received 12 Feb 202029 Queen Street Forfar DD8 3AJ
Received 13 Feb 202025 Mountskip Road Brechin DD9 6BZ
Received 13 Feb 2020Land Between Templehall And Tealing Substation Tealing
Received 13 Feb 2020The Westies Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5NA
Received 12 Feb 2020Toraba Cortachy Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PU
Received 13 Feb 2020Carseview 7 Loch Of Liff Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NE
Received 14 Feb 2020Primrose Cottage Roundyhill Forfar DD8 1QD
Received 17 Feb 2020Primrose Cottage Roundyhill Forfar DD8 1QD
Received 17 Feb 20202 East High Street Forfar DD8 2EG
Received 17 Feb 20201 Young Avenue Birkhill Dundee DD2 5RZ
Received 18 Feb 2020Land North Of Ban Bohan Chapleton Arbroath
Received 20 Feb 2020Mains Of Panmure Farm Panmure Carnoustie DD7 6LX
Received 20 Feb 2020Land Adjacent To Newbigging Farm Newbigging Tealing
Received 20 Feb 2020Land North West Of Cramie Glen Prosen
Received 20 Feb 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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