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13,029 approved · 530 refused · 1,196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 High Street Montrose DD10 8QY
Received 9 Mar 2020Sunnyhall Farm Lundie Muirhead Dundee DD2 5NZ
Received 9 Mar 2020Land Between Mean Low Water Mark At Carnoustie Beach And Templehall
Received 9 Mar 202072 Addison Place Arbroath DD11 2BA
Received 9 Mar 2020Maisondieu Primary School St Andrew Street Brechin DD9 6JB
Received 9 Mar 2020Abbey National PLC 167 High Street Arbroath DD11 1DY
Received 9 Mar 202027 Glamis Road Forfar DD8 1DF
Received 10 Mar 2020Field 430 West Of Craignathro Farm Forfar
Received 11 Mar 2020Daisybank Panmure Road Monikie Dundee DD5 3QA
Received 11 Mar 202037 Craigmill Gardens Carnoustie DD7 6HX
Received 12 Mar 20207 Brothock Way Arbroath DD11 4BE
Received 12 Mar 2020Flat 5 The Grange 12 Grange Lane Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NB
Received 12 Mar 2020Site At Burnside Of Kirkbuddo Burnside Of Kirkbuddo Kirkbuddo
Received 12 Mar 2020Yard Area Charleton Road Montrose
Received 12 Mar 2020Kairanea Coronation Avenue Montrose DD10 9JL
Received 12 Mar 2020Angus Gateway Ethiebeaton Park Ethiebeaton Monifieth
Received 13 Mar 202010 St James Road Forfar DD8 1LD
Received 16 Mar 2020Manse Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 17 Mar 2020The Lookout Usan Montrose DD10 9SG
Received 17 Mar 2020The Lookout Usan Montrose DD10 9SG
Received 17 Mar 2020House On The Rock Usan Montrose DD10 9SG
Received 17 Mar 2020Land At Duntrune Steadings Duntrune
Received 17 Mar 202089 North Street Forfar DD8 3BL
Received 18 Mar 2020St Vigeans Parish Church Kirkstyle St Vigeans Arbroath DD11 4RB
Received 18 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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