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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.
13,677 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TW
Received 12 Jan 2023Field 600M S Of East Ballochy East Ballochy Montrose
Received 13 Jan 2023Field 600M S Of East Ballochy East Ballochy Montrose
Received 13 Jan 2023Field 600M S Of East Ballochy East Ballochy Montrose
Received 13 Jan 2023Blairbank Arbroath DD11 2QN
Received 13 Jan 2023Suite A Peasiehill Road Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 2NJ
Received 13 Jan 202356 Howard Street Arbroath DD11 4DH
Received 16 Jan 202370 Knowehead Crescent Kirriemuir DD8 5AH
Received 17 Jan 2023Tillyhoit Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2QZ
Received 17 Jan 2023Westfield Little Brechin Brechin DD9 6RQ
Received 16 Jan 2023The Leys 39 Viewfield Road Arbroath DD11 2DW
Received 18 Jan 2023Land 250M West Of Cowhillock Glenquiech Forfar
Received 19 Jan 20231 Hillview Brechin DD9 7EJ
Received 19 Jan 2023Boyle Park Lodge 89 Glamis Road Forfar DD8 1DP
Received 20 Jan 2023Lochmill Steading Forfar
Received 20 Jan 2023The Dunnichen Stone 2 Berrymoss Lane Orchardbank Business Park Forfar DD8 1GY
Received 20 Jan 2023Royal Bank Of Scotland Brothock Bridge Arbroath DD11 1NP
Received 23 Jan 202365 - 67 East High Street Forfar DD8 2EP
Received 23 Jan 2023Linden Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JJ
Received 23 Jan 20233 Camus Place Craigton Monikie Dundee DD5 3QT
Received 23 Jan 20231 Kellas Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PE
Received 23 Jan 2023Kennels Briarton Little Brechin Brechin
Received 23 Jan 2023Bunker Craigton Monikie
Received 24 Jan 20239 Bearehill Drive Brechin DD9 6XH
Received 24 Jan 2023Records 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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