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.
13,029 approved · 530 refused · 1,196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dower House 8 Church Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NN
Received 21 Feb 2020Elliot Caravan Park Dundee Road Elliot Arbroath DD11 2PH
Received 21 Feb 2020Morlich 64 Rossie Street Arbroath DD11 3DE
Received 21 Feb 2020Lilybank 4 Terrace Road Carnoustie DD7 7AF
Received 21 Feb 2020Rhu Elka 14 Coupar Angus Road Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TP
Received 24 Feb 2020The Black Abbot Coronation Way Montrose DD10 9DW
Received 24 Feb 2020Agricultural Building East Memus Farm East Memus Forfar
Received 25 Feb 2020Bridgend Of Pearsie Kirriemuir DD8 5EY
Received 25 Feb 2020Noveis Herdhill Kirriemuir DD8 5LG
Received 25 Feb 2020Humpty House Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JJ
Received 25 Feb 202024 Camus Road Arbroath DD11 5AW
Received 25 Feb 202042 Nolt Loan Road Arbroath DD11 2AH
Received 25 Feb 20209 The Square Glamis Forfar DD8 1RS
Received 25 Feb 20209 The Square Glamis Forfar DD8 1RS
Received 25 Feb 20206 Graham Street Montrose
Received 26 Feb 20209 Denside Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4QL
Received 26 Feb 202066 Rossie Street Arbroath DD11 3DE
Received 26 Feb 202031 - 33 High Street Montrose DD10 8LT
Received 26 Feb 2020Unit 4 Waldron Road Montrose DD10 9BD
Received 27 Feb 20207 Shanks Rigg Arbroath DD11 4JE
Received 27 Feb 2020Gowanlea Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 28 Feb 2020Land Opposite Royal Jubilee Arms Hotel Dykehead Kirriemuir
Received 28 Feb 2020Plot 1 Panbride Carnoustie
Received 28 Feb 2020Careston Station House Careston Brechin DD9 6RX
Received 2 Mar 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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