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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.
13,669 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 13 Jul 202235 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 13 Jul 202241 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 202245 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 202212 Corbie Knowe Newbarns Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SW
Received 14 Jul 202237 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 2022Land 120M North Of Cortachy Cemetery Glen Clova
Received 14 Jul 202249 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 202220 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 202222 Kingfisher Road Forfar Angus DD8 3FR
Received 14 Jul 2022The Coach House 110A Coupar Angus Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PG
Received 15 Jul 202221 Cairniehill Gardens Arbroath DD11 4EP
Received 15 Jul 202277 Glamis Road Forfar DD8 1DJ
Received 15 Jul 2022Plot 224 Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 18 Jul 202220 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 18 Jul 202220 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 18 Jul 2022Land 150M West Of Netherton Cottages Memus Forfar
Received 19 Jul 2022Eassie Hall Eassie Forfar DD8 1SQ
Received 19 Jul 20225 Chapel Street Forfar DD8 2AB
Received 20 Jul 2022Airlie Parish Church Kirkton Of Airlie Kirriemuir
Received 21 Jul 202226A Blairs Road Letham Forfar DD8 2PE
Received 21 Jul 2022Killary Douglastown Forfar DD8 1TL
Received 22 Jul 20222B John Street Montrose DD10 8LY
Received 25 Jul 20222B John Street Montrose DD10 8LY
Received 25 Jul 2022Records 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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