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.
13,673 approved · 572 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Shed At Glenhead Glen Isla
Received 10 Nov 2022Former Montrose Airfield Charleton Road Montrose
Received 10 Nov 2022Glamis Primary School 7 Dundee Road Glamis Forfar DD8 1RJ
Received 11 Nov 20223 Grampian Gardens Arbroath DD11 4AE
Received 15 Nov 202265 Mortimer Drive Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JF
Received 15 Nov 202234 Finlay Drive Arbroath DD11 3FE
Received 15 Nov 2022Darroch Carnoustie DD7 6JJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Gas Distribution Station Barrelwell Brechin
Received 15 Nov 202220 Bank Street Kirriemuir DD8 4BG
Received 15 Nov 2022Yard 79 Ferry Street Montrose
Received 15 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Rose Cottage Kirkton Of Auchterhouse
Received 15 Nov 2022Yard 79 Ferry Street Montrose
Received 15 Nov 2022Ordie Oathlaw Forfar DD8 3PR
Received 15 Nov 2022Kingennie Fishings Forbes Of Kingennie Drive Kingennie Dundee DD5 3RD
Received 15 Nov 202229 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HN
Received 16 Nov 202226 Solway Gardens Monifieth Dundee DD5 4TR
Received 16 Nov 2022Fithie Farm Farnell
Received 17 Nov 2022Land 400M North Of Balbeuchley House Balbeuchley Kirkton Of Auchterhouse
Received 17 Nov 2022Land 250M South East Of The Neids Glen Isla
Received 18 Nov 20222 James Chalmers Road Kirkton Industrial Estate Arbroath DD11 3RD
Received 18 Nov 2022Land North East Of Crosston Farmhouse Aberlemno Forfar
Received 21 Nov 2022Lilybank Cottages Little Brechin Brechin DD9 6RQ
Received 21 Nov 2022Land 20M South Of Bridgefoot Farmhouse Bridgefoot Strathmartine
Received 21 Nov 2022Land 30M West Of Bridgefoot Farmhouse Bridgefoot Strathmartine
Received 21 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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