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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.
13,171 approved · 535 refused · 1,225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Templewood House Templewood Brechin DD9 7PT
Received 9 Sept 2020Forestry Access Smithon Hill Lundie Muirhead
Received 9 Sept 2020Forestry Access Smithon Hill Lundie Muirhead
Received 9 Sept 2020Site Of Former Baldovan House Baldovan Strathmartine
Received 9 Sept 2020Main Wing Duntrune House Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PJ
Received 9 Sept 2020Knox Church Howard Street Arbroath DD11 4DH
Received 9 Sept 20209 Beech Grove Arbroath DD11 2EU
Received 10 Sept 202040 St Brioc Way Ferryden Montrose DD10 9SS
Received 10 Sept 2020Greenford Farm Greenford Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QT
Received 11 Sept 2020Store & Office Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 2NJ
Received 11 Sept 2020Plot Glenskinno Montrose
Received 11 Sept 2020Supermarket Trinity Road Brechin DD9 6BJ
Received 14 Sept 20208 John Allan Place Arbroath DD11 4GT
Received 14 Sept 2020Rowanbank Cottage Craigton Monikie Dundee DD5 3QN
Received 14 Sept 2020Land East Of Summerhill House Gardyne Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SR
Received 11 Sept 202019 Hayswell Road Arbroath DD11 1TU
Received 16 Sept 20207 Dalhousie Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AZ
Received 10 Sept 2020Site Of Former Links Hotel 8 Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JF
Received 17 Sept 20202 Westbank Terrace Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LF
Received 15 Sept 2020Pitnappie Farmhouse Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8UR
Received 17 Sept 2020Supermarket Craig O'Loch Road Forfar DD8 1BT
Received 17 Sept 202021 Blairs Road Letham Forfar DD8 2PE
Received 17 Sept 2020Sidlaw Hospital South Lodge The Brae Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QU
Received 17 Sept 2020Auchmacoy House Dunlappie Edzell Brechin DD9 7UD
Received 17 Sept 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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