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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13,064 approved · 531 refused · 1,203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
70 Fothringham Drive Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SR
Received 18 May 2020Woodside House Kinnell Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4UF
Received 18 May 2020Westway Enterprise Park Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath
Received 19 May 2020South Lodge Letham House Mains Of Letham St Vigeans Arbroath DD11 4RF
Received 19 May 202020 Tommy Armour Place Carnoustie DD7 7TQ
Received 20 May 2020Seagreen Balhungie Site Balhungie Monifieth
Received 20 May 2020163 East High Street Forfar DD8 2HH
Received 21 May 202025 Margaret Lindsay Place Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RD
Received 22 May 20206 Princes Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AW
Received 22 May 2020Field 250M South Of Pitskelly Farm Pitskelly Carnoustie
Received 22 May 2020North Lodge Lindertis Airlie Kirriemuir DD8 5NL
Received 22 May 202026 Trinity Road Brechin DD9 6BE
Received 22 May 20209 Beulah Howe Forfar DD8 3DA
Received 26 May 20203 Hayshead Road Arbroath DD11 5AZ
Received 27 May 20202 Nechtan Place Letham Forfar DD8 2LA
Received 27 May 20202 Hillrise Kirriemuir DD8 4JR
Received 27 May 2020Kinnordy Home Farm Kinnordy Kirriemuir
Received 28 May 2020East Cottage Auchendorie Kirriemuir DD8 5LW
Received 28 May 2020Foodstore Basin View Montrose DD10 8DE
Received 29 May 20208 Hill Road Arbroath DD11 1BX
Received 29 May 2020Manse Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 29 May 2020Little Cairnie Hospital Forfar Road Arbroath DD11 3RA
Received 29 May 2020Mains House Parkhill Arbroath DD11 5RG
Received 1 Jun 202027 Fontstane Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JX
Received 1 Jun 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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