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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.
13,108 approved · 532 refused · 1,210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field At Rear Of Balkemback Farm Cottages Tealing
Received 2 Jun 202028 Addison Place Arbroath DD11 2AX
Received 2 Jun 2020Upper Dysart Farm Upper Dysart Montrose
Received 2 Jun 202037 Church Street Brechin DD9 6HB
Received 2 Jun 2020Angus Gateway Ethiebeaton Park Ethiebeaton Monifieth
Received 2 Jun 2020Kingennie Fishings Forbes Of Kingennie Drive Kingennie Dundee DD5 3RD
Received 4 Jun 2020Panmure Hotel Tay Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AX
Received 4 Jun 2020Neilston Bowriefauld Letham Forfar DD8 2LX
Received 5 Jun 2020Powmyre Quarry Roundyhill Forfar DD8 1QD
Received 4 Jun 2020Proposed Potato Store Barnyards Farm Tannadice
Received 8 Jun 2020Sunnybrae Main Street Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RP
Received 8 Jun 202033 Elmbank Crescent Arbroath DD11 4EZ
Received 9 Jun 2020Grove Cottage 234 Coupar Angus Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QN
Received 9 Jun 20204 Castle Place Montrose DD10 8AL
Received 10 Jun 2020West Mains Of Finavon Finavon Forfar DD8 3PU
Received 11 Jun 202012 Tayside Street Carnoustie DD7 6AX
Received 11 Jun 2020Fairhill Muir Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PT
Received 12 Jun 20203 Grangehill Drive Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RG
Received 12 Jun 2020Land Adjacent To Abbeybank House Springfield Terrace Arbroath
Received 12 Jun 2020The Cottage 6 Union Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NG
Received 15 Jun 20201 James Street Carnoustie DD7 7LJ
Received 15 Jun 2020Bethshean Logie Craigo Montrose DD10 9LD
Received 15 Jun 2020Bractullo Mill Farmhouse Bractullo Letham Forfar DD8 2NA
Received 15 Jun 2020Platten 57 Brechin Road Kirriemuir DD8 4DE
Received 16 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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