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.
13,672 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Monifieth High School Panmurefield Road Monifieth Dundee DD5 4QT
Received 2 Nov 2022Land At Kinnell Farm Kinnell Arbroath
Received 2 Nov 2022Railway Overbridge Bryanton Inverkeilor
Received 1 Nov 2022Bankfoot Farm Arbroath DD11 5RB
Received 3 Nov 2022Railway Overbridge Nether Dysart Montrose
Received 1 Nov 2022Land 750M North East Of Garth Farm Kirriemuir Road Forfar
Received 3 Nov 2022East Inch Farm Kirriemuir DD8 4SG
Received 4 Nov 2022Cats Hotel Balruddery Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LJ
Received 4 Nov 202214 Sycamore Path Arbroath DD11 2HT
Received 4 Nov 2022Lower Garage 2 Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle
Received 7 Nov 2022Lower Garage 2 Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle
Received 7 Nov 2022Tillyarblet Farmhouse Lethnot Edzell Brechin DD9 7UL
Received 7 Nov 2022Land West Of Brechin Business Park Brechin
Received 8 Nov 202230 Carlogie Road Carnoustie DD7 6HA
Received 8 Nov 2022Balbirnie Mill House Balbirnie Mill Brechin DD9 7PN
Received 8 Nov 2022Elegmore 7 Strathview Rise Forfar DD8 1XU
Received 9 Nov 202222 Tayside Street Carnoustie DD7 6AX
Received 9 Nov 20224 North Union Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4DD
Received 9 Nov 2022Blair House Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4RD
Received 9 Nov 2022Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TW
Received 9 Nov 2022Land North Of Boathouse Lundie Muirhead
Received 9 Nov 2022Land South Of Laurie Bank Letham Mill St Vigeans Arbroath�
Received 10 Nov 2022Land 100M West Of Bramble Cottage Ethie Inverkeilor
Received 10 Nov 2022The Cottage 50 High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 10 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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