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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13,669 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Northampton Road Forfar DD8 1JG
Received 5 Aug 2022The Nook Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 5 Aug 2022Former Railway Goods Shed Commercial Street Newtyle
Received 8 Aug 20226 Dalgarno Park Hillside Montrose DD10 9JF
Received 9 Aug 2022Waterston The Brae Kirkton Of Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QU
Received 9 Aug 2022North Mains Of Cononsyth Cononsyth Arbroath DD11 3SA
Received 9 Aug 2022Land At Crudie Farm Arbirlot Road West Arbroath
Received 10 Aug 2022Framedrum Holdings Pitkennedy Forfar
Received 10 Aug 2022North Mains Of Ballindarg Ballindarg Forfar DD8 1QA
Received 11 Aug 2022Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 12 Aug 2022Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 12 Aug 2022Formation Of New Access Tracks And Upgrading Of Existing Access Track Kilry
Received 15 Aug 2022263 Montrose Street Brechin DD9 7EF
Received 15 Aug 2022Kintrockat House Kintrockat Brechin DD9 6RP
Received 15 Aug 202212 Newton Avenue Arbroath DD11 3LA
Received 15 Aug 2022Lynnmartin Inveriscandye Road Edzell Brechin DD9 7TN
Received 15 Aug 2022Hawkhill 5 Hilton Of Balmuir Balmuir Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0QB
Received 16 Aug 2022Debden 2 High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TE
Received 16 Aug 2022Oakbank 40 High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TA
Received 17 Aug 2022Cats Hotel Balruddery Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LJ
Received 17 Aug 2022The Old Bolag Church Street Brechin DD9 6HB
Received 17 Aug 202216 Ardestie Place Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PS
Received 17 Aug 2022Field East Of North Mains Of Ballindarg Ballindarg Forfar
Received 17 Aug 2022Land At Former Kinnell Aerodrome Kinnell Arbroath
Received 17 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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