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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.
13,380 approved · 553 refused · 1,261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Inveraldie Terrace Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0QT
Received 24 May 2021Rowan Cottage Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QN
Received 26 May 2021Land South Of 78 Lour Road Forfar
Received 27 May 2021Land Rannoch Farm Murroes
Received 27 May 202111 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 27 May 202111 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 27 May 202114 Kingfisher Avenue Forfar Angus DD8 3FS
Received 28 May 20217 Kingfisher Place Kingennie Dundee DD5 3JZ
Received 28 May 2021Plot 3 Kirkton Of Newtyle Steading Newtyle
Received 31 May 202135 Ferry Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4NS
Received 1 Jun 2021Tigh-Na-Bruaich 52 Cortachy Crescent Kirriemuir DD8 4TP
Received 1 Jun 20214 Monkbarns Drive Arbroath DD11 2DS
Received 2 Jun 2021Pavilion House 10 Queen Street Forfar DD8 3AJ
Received 2 Jun 2021St John's Methodist Church Ponderlaw Street Arbroath DD11 1EU
Received 3 Jun 2021St John's Methodist Church Ponderlaw Street Arbroath DD11 1EU
Received 3 Jun 2021The Bensil Carlogie Carnoustie DD7 6LD
Received 3 Jun 202113 Wemyss Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4RA
Received 4 Jun 2021The Lodge Nevay Park Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8SH
Received 4 Jun 2021Daisybank Panmure Road Monikie Dundee DD5 3QA
Received 4 Jun 2021Tigh-na-Glasaich Kellas Dundee DD5 3PD
Received 4 Jun 2021Cotmore Cottage Main Road Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5RN
Received 7 Jun 2021Springfield House Cookston Road Brechin DD9 6BU
Received 7 Jun 2021156 Dundee Loan Forfar DD8 1EB
Received 7 Jun 2021Land Adjacent To Tay View Car Park Monifieth
Received 7 Jun 2021Records 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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