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.
13,064 approved · 531 refused · 1,203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pitairlie Farm Doocot Newbigging Monifieth
Received 6 May 2020Pitairlie Farm Doocot Newbigging Monifieth
Received 6 May 2020Auld Gamekeeper's Cottage Chapleton Arbroath DD11 4RT
Received 7 May 20202 Maryton Montrose DD10 9TJ
Received 7 May 2020Slieve View Ruthven Blairgowrie PH12 8RG
Received 8 May 2020Mains Of Glamis Farm Glamis
Received 8 May 2020New House Auchterhouse DD2 5PB
Received 8 May 20201 East Navarre Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QR
Received 11 May 2020The Farmhouse Logie Kirriemuir DD8 5PG
Received 11 May 2020Proposed Perches Wester Cardean Meigle
Received 12 May 2020Nonwovens Factory Glamis Road Forfar DD8 1EY
Received 13 May 2020Seagreen Drainage Application Tealing
Received 13 May 2020101 - 103 High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 14 May 202042 Addison Place Arbroath DD11 2BA
Received 14 May 202051 High Street Montrose DD10 8LR
Received 14 May 2020Brighty House Brighty Tealing Dundee DD4 0PU
Received 15 May 2020Brighty House Brighty Tealing Dundee DD4 0PU
Received 15 May 2020Dunninald Castle Dunninald Montrose DD10 9TD
Received 15 May 2020Land 200M South West Of Shielmaron Craigton Monikie
Received 15 May 202052 Viewmount Forfar DD8 1LJ
Received 18 May 2020Land 59M North East Of Craigsanqhar Baikie Airlie
Received 18 May 2020Scotston Cottage Arbirlot Arbroath DD11 2NX
Received 18 May 2020Site At East Mains Farm High Street Edzell
Received 11 May 2020Site At East Mains Farm High Street Edzell
Received 11 May 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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