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.
13,669 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field 196M North West Of Wellbank Farm Wellbank
Received 25 Jul 202213 Tayside Street Carnoustie DD7 6AX
Received 25 Jul 2022Field 400M South East Of Pitskelly Farm Pitskelly Carnoustie
Received 26 Jul 202212 The Woods Hillside Montrose Angus DD10 9FY
Received 26 Jul 2022Millview Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RG
Received 26 Jul 20221 King Street Montrose DD10 8NL
Received 27 Jul 202222 Erskine Terrace Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SD
Received 27 Jul 2022Well House Airlie
Received 27 Jul 2022Land 400M West Of Cuilt Cottage Glenhead Glen Isla
Received 28 Jul 2022Castleton House Cottage Castleton Eassie Forfar DD8 1SJ
Received 28 Jul 2022Land 420M West Of Blanche Cottage Lintrathen Kirriemuir
Received 28 Jul 2022Supermarket Craig O'loch Road Forfar DD8 1BT
Received 28 Jul 2022Foodstore Basin View Montrose DD10 8DE
Received 28 Jul 2022Land 250M South Of Braes Of Coul Balintore Kirriemuir
Received 28 Jul 2022Easterburn Cottage Kirkton Of Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RN
Received 29 Jul 2022Barbara Bank Shielhill Road Kirriemuir DD8 4PA
Received 29 Jul 2022Shamariah Bonnyton Road Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QT
Received 1 Aug 2022Easterburn Cottage Kirkton Of Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RN
Received 1 Aug 2022Land 500M East Of Stoneygroves Liff
Received 2 Aug 2022Brundell House 1 Aitken Den Letham Grange Arbroath DD11 4QS
Received 3 Aug 202277 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AF
Received 3 Aug 2022The Glade 22 North Latch Road Brechin DD9 6LE
Received 3 Aug 20221 Catherine Street Arbroath DD11 1RL
Received 5 Aug 2022Land At Crudie Farm Arbirlot Road West Arbroath
Received 5 Aug 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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