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.
13,258 approved · 545 refused · 1,246 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Sept 2008 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site 1 Muir Of Pearsie Glen Prosen
Received 30 Nov 202013 Duncan Avenue Arbroath DD11 2DA
Received 30 Nov 202017 Woodlands Avenue Fern Forfar DD8 3RD
Received 25 Nov 2020Land To The Rear Of No 31 South Esk Street Montrose
Received 30 Nov 2020Larchfield Powis Montrose DD10 9LL
Received 2 Dec 2020Field 175M South West Of Windyhills Farm Seahills Auchmithie
Received 2 Dec 20208 Quarry Cottages Lovehall Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3QF
Received 2 Dec 2020Acharn Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 2 Dec 2020101 High Street Montrose DD10 8QR
Received 4 Dec 2020Unit 2 Broomfield Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 4 Dec 2020Unit 2 Broomfield Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 8SY
Received 4 Dec 2020Sidlaw View Tealing Dundee DD4 0PT
Received 4 Dec 2020Starbucks Silvie Way Orchardbank Business Park Forfar DD8 1BF
Received 4 Dec 2020Corrylyn 71 Keptie Road Arbroath DD11 3EF
Received 7 Dec 2020Scryne Hall Cottage East Scryne Carnoustie DD7 6LL
Received 8 Dec 20206D Dundee Street Letham Forfar DD8 2PQ
Received 8 Dec 2020Orchardbank Service Station Silvie Way Orchardbank Business Park Forfar DD8 1BF
Received 9 Dec 2020Whitewell Forfar DD8 1TF
Received 9 Dec 2020Plot 2 Brechin Business Park Brechin
Received 9 Dec 202022 High Street Arbroath DD11 1BD
Received 10 Dec 2020Building 129W Montrose Works Cobden Street Montrose
Received 10 Dec 2020Old Manse 41 Pitairlie Road Newbigging Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RH
Received 11 Dec 20202 Kinnell Gardens Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4WA
Received 14 Dec 2020Lilybank 4 Terrace Road Carnoustie
Received 14 Dec 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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