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.
13,671 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carseview 7 Loch Of Liff Road Liff Dundee DD2 5NE
Received 19 Oct 202223 Houghton Drive Hillside Montrose DD10 9FD
Received 20 Oct 2022Strathlene 7 Mall Park Road Montrose DD10 8NS
Received 20 Oct 2022The Cottage Balintore Kirriemuir DD8 5JS
Received 21 Oct 202231 Dorward Road Montrose DD10 8SB
Received 21 Oct 202294 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AA
Received 24 Oct 2022Land 540M West Of Parkhill Farm Letham Grange Arbroath
Received 19 Oct 2022Unit 12 Eco Park Carseview Road Forfar DD8 3BS
Received 24 Oct 202280 Prosen Road Kirriemuir DD8 5AT
Received 26 Oct 202223 Prosen Road Kirriemuir DD8 5AU
Received 26 Oct 202212 Marywell Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4BJ
Received 26 Oct 202276 Lour Road Forfar DD8 2AZ
Received 26 Oct 2022Land At Lislea Panmure Carnoustie
Received 26 Oct 2022Craiglynn North Craigo Craigo Montrose DD10 9LD
Received 26 Oct 202257 Thomas Street Carnoustie DD7 7JZ
Received 27 Oct 2022Land At Montrose Road Arbroath
Received 27 Oct 2022Kirkhall Kirkton Of Glen Isla Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8PH
Received 27 Oct 2022The Shambles Kirkton Of Glen Isla Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8PH
Received 28 Oct 20222 Roman Road Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LT
Received 28 Oct 20223 Fithie Farm Cottages Farnell Brechin DD9 6UE
Received 31 Oct 20223 Backmuir Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PP
Received 31 Oct 2022Land 51M East Of 9 Slatefield Rise Forfar
Received 31 Oct 2022Carlogie House Carlogie Carnoustie DD7 6LD
Received 31 Oct 2022Boston Cottage Burnside Forfar DD8 2RX
Received 1 Nov 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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