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.
13,119 approved · 534 refused · 1,211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Hogston Farm Monikie
Received 16 Jun 202033 East Mill Road Brechin DD9 7EP
Received 16 Jun 2020Land North West Of Braedownie Farm Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 17 Jun 202025A High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TE
Received 18 Jun 202063 Chapman Drive Carnoustie DD7 6DY
Received 18 Jun 202034 Kinloch Street Carnoustie DD7 7EF
Received 19 Jun 20206 Lochside Road Forfar DD8 3JD
Received 22 Jun 2020Land North Of Piperdam Drive Piperdam Drive Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5LY
Received 22 Jun 2020Workshop And Office Finavon Forfar DD8 3QG
Received 22 Jun 202014 Mount Avenue Montrose DD10 8NU
Received 22 Jun 202025 Mary Countess Way Glamis Forfar DD8 1RF
Received 22 Jun 202020A Swan Street Brechin DD9 6EF
Received 22 Jun 2020Middleton Cottage Panbride Road Carnoustie DD7 6JL
Received 23 Jun 2020Mill Of Tealing Steading Tealing
Received 23 Jun 2020Land At Achnadoes Wood Glen Prosen
Received 23 Jun 2020103 Beechwood Road Arbroath DD11 4HU
Received 24 Jun 2020Land At Rose Cottage Blairs Road Letham
Received 24 Jun 2020Seasonal Workers Caravans West Scryne Farm West Scryne Carnoustie
Received 24 Jun 2020Templeton Farm Templeton Birkhill
Received 22 Jun 2020Field North Of Duriehill Farm Cottage Edzell
Received 25 Jun 2020Workshop and Office Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 25 Jun 2020Plot 3 Logie Kirriemuir
Received 26 Jun 2020Field To Rear Of Quarry Cottages Lovehall Road Wellbank
Received 29 Jun 2020Land East Newton Arbroath DD11 5SU
Received 29 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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