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.
13,180 approved · 535 refused · 1,230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Lodge Middleton Arbroath DD11 4SD
Received 18 Sept 20204 Applehill Gardens Wellbank DD5 3UG
Received 18 Sept 20203 Traill Drive Montrose DD10 8SW
Received 21 Sept 2020Caravan Park Seaton Estate Arbroath DD11 5SE
Received 22 Sept 202047 Lorne Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DY
Received 22 Sept 2020Stockman's Cottage Drowndubbs Kirkbuddo Forfar DD8 2NR
Received 22 Sept 2020Balshando Farmhouse Lundie Muirhead Dundee DD2 5PD
Received 22 Sept 2020Muirhead Garage 4 Newtyle Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QP
Received 23 Sept 2020Land West Of Easter Meathie Farm Bungalow Lour Forfar
Received 18 Sept 202012 Park View Brechin DD9 7AT
Received 17 Sept 2020Land 100M South Of Glenalyn West Cotside Barry
Received 22 Sept 2020Bucklershead 20D Gagie Holding Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 24 Sept 202013 Mattocks Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PJ
Received 22 Sept 20202 Marnie Park Kirriemuir DD8 4TR
Received 23 Sept 2020Land 800M North Of Suttieside Farm Suttieside Road Forfar
Received 14 Sept 2020Montrose Works Cobden Street Montrose DD10 8EB
Received 25 Sept 2020Denfind Plantation Panmure Road Monikie
Received 30 Sept 2020Toilet Block Montrose Medal Course Montrose Golf Links Traill Drive Montrose
Received 30 Sept 202011 Ruxton Place Carnoustie DD7 7EJ
Received 30 Sept 2020The Arches Station Road Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4SF
Received 30 Sept 202023 Hill Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DE
Received 1 Oct 2020Tor-Na-Veen Lamondfauld Road Hillside Montrose DD10 9HY
Received 1 Oct 20206 Osprey View Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5LZ
Received 2 Oct 202063 Bellevue Gardens Arbroath DD11 5BH
Received 2 Oct 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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