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13,029 approved · 530 refused · 1,196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Careston Motors Careston Brechin DD9 6RX
Received 2 Mar 2020East Inch Farm Kirriemuir DD8 4SG
Received 2 Mar 2020The Walled Garden East Mains Of Colliston Arbroath
Received 2 Mar 2020East Inch Farm Kirriemuir DD8 4SG
Received 2 Mar 2020Site At Dubton Farm Brechin
Received 2 Mar 2020Common Ground To The Rear Of Petrie Way Arbroath DD11 4GS
Received 3 Mar 2020196 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5QE
Received 3 Mar 2020Land Adjacent To Hawthorn Cottage Baldovan Strathmartine
Received 3 Mar 2020Caraldstone Cottage Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 3 Mar 2020House Of Dun Dun Montrose DD10 9LQ
Received 3 Mar 2020House Of Dun Dun Montrose DD10 9LQ
Received 3 Mar 202016 Bearehill Loan Brechin DD9 6XG
Received 4 Mar 2020Montrose Town House High Street Montrose DD10 8QW
Received 4 Mar 2020Disused Railway North Of Easter Drumgley Easter Drumgley Forfar
Received 4 Mar 202026 Brook Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4BE
Received 4 Mar 2020Former Strathmartine Hospital Strathmartine
Received 4 Mar 2020Former Strathmartine Hospital Strathmartine
Received 4 Mar 2020Ebenezer Hall Southesk Street Brechin DD9 6DZ
Received 4 Mar 2020Beechlee Kirkinch Meigle Blairgowrie PH12 8SL
Received 24 Feb 2020Crandart Steading Folda Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8QW
Received 5 Mar 2020Land North Of Estate Office Rottal Estate Glen Clova
Received 6 Mar 2020Home Farm Steading Balgavies Forfar DD8 2TH
Received 6 Mar 2020The Clouds Addicate Montrose
Received 9 Mar 2020Episcopal Church Of Scotland Maule Street Carnoustie DD7 6AB
Received 9 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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