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.
13,128 approved · 534 refused · 1,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field 450M West Of Windyhills Farm Seahills Auchmithie
Received 9 Jul 2020Field 450M West Of Windyhills Farm Seahills Auchmithie
Received 9 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Glenburnie Cottage Old Letham Letham
Received 9 Jul 2020Supermarket High Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TP
Received 9 Jul 2020204 Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5QE
Received 13 Jul 2020Kemphills Farm Kirkbuddo Forfar DD8 2NR
Received 13 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Dunninald Castle Dunninald Montrose
Received 13 Jul 2020The Coach House 110A Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 14 Jul 2020Thriepley House Lundie Muirhead Dundee DD2 5PA
Received 15 Jul 2020Durham House 2A Dick Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4EF
Received 15 Jul 202012 MacKenzie Street Carnoustie DD7 6HD
Received 15 Jul 2020Keepers Cottage Blackhill Airlie Kirriemuir DD8 5NX
Received 15 Jul 2020Supermarket High Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TP
Received 16 Jul 20204 Gateside Road Inverarity Forfar DD8 2JY
Received 16 Jul 2020Supermarket Castle Street Forfar DD8 3HX
Received 16 Jul 2020Supermarket Castle Street Forfar DD8 3HX
Received 16 Jul 2020Land Betweem Nock A Dhu And Landalla Cottage Kirkton Of Glen Isla Glen Isla
Received 13 Jul 202022 Applehill Drive Wellbank Dundee DD5 3UD
Received 17 Jul 202013 Jeanfield Crescent Forfar DD8 1JR
Received 17 Jul 2020Unit 1 Old Brechin Road Forfar DD8 3DX
Received 20 Jul 2020Store 43 Lower Balmain Street Montrose DD10 8BQ
Received 21 Jul 202054C High Street Arbroath DD11 1AW
Received 21 Jul 20209 Rosemount Crescent Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PW
Received 21 Jul 202010 Braeside Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QQ
Received 21 Jul 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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