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13,029 approved · 530 refused · 1,196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22 Market Street Brechin DD9 6BB
Received 18 Mar 2020Miltonhaugh Tealing Dundee DD4 0QZ
Received 18 Mar 2020Windsor Cottage Fern Brechin DD9 6SB
Received 18 Mar 20205 Osprey Bank Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5GE
Received 19 Mar 2020House On The Rock Usan Montrose DD10 9SG
Received 17 Mar 20201 Pitairlie Farm Cottages Newbigging Monifieth Dundee DD5 3PY
Received 20 Mar 202058 Latch Road Brechin DD9 6JH
Received 20 Mar 202015 Bank Street Brechin DD9 6AU
Received 20 Mar 2020Scout Hut 3 Dundee Road Glamis Forfar DD8 1RJ
Received 20 Mar 202024B East Abbey Street Arbroath DD11 1EN
Received 20 Mar 2020Plot 1 Oathlaw Forfar
Received 23 Mar 2020Land At Bus Terminus Adjacent To Former Ashludie Hospital Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 23 Mar 20201 The Stables Panbride House Panbride Carnoustie DD7 6JR
Received 24 Mar 2020Dower House 8 Church Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NN
Received 24 Mar 20204 Cookston Crescent Brechin DD9 6BP
Received 19 Mar 2020Garage Court At Nursery Road Montrose
Received 19 Mar 2020Field 100M North Of East Muirhead Of Logie Logie Kirriemuir
Received 25 Mar 20209 - 21 John Street Montrose DD10 8LY
Received 25 Mar 2020South Wing Idvies House Idvies Letham Forfar DD8 2QJ
Received 25 Mar 2020Kinloch Cottage Mid Road Kirriemuir DD8 4QW
Received 26 Mar 202037 Holding Tealing Dundee DD4 0QZ
Received 26 Mar 20209 - 21 John Street Montrose DD10 8LY
Received 26 Mar 2020Strathairlie Dunlappie Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7UB
Received 26 Mar 2020Agricultural Track Lethnot Edzell
Received 30 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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