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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.
13,680 approved · 573 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knowehead Farm Shielhill Road Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PN
Received 20 Feb 2023Stag Inn Dundee Street Carnoustie DD7 7PN
Received 20 Feb 2023Plot 1 Colliston Castle Colliston Arbroath
Received 20 Feb 2023Land 200M North Of Gallery House Gallery Montrose
Received 21 Feb 20235A North Latch Road Brechin DD9 6LF
Received 21 Feb 2023265A High Street Arbroath DD11 1EE
Received 15 Feb 2023Eliza Cottage Burnside Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RT
Received 22 Feb 2023Laing Park Pitskelly Road Carnoustie DD7 7QE
Received 22 Feb 2023Kingennie Fishings Forbes Of Kingennie Drive Kingennie Dundee DD5 3RD
Received 23 Feb 2023Land 51M East Of 9 Slatefield Rise Forfar
Received 23 Feb 2023The Steeple 10 The Square Letham Forfar DD8 2PZ
Received 23 Feb 2023Millfield House Arbroath DD11 3RA
Received 24 Feb 2023Land 600M West Of Witton Farm Lethnot Edzell
Received 24 Feb 2023Halfway House Woodhill Barry Carnoustie DD7 7SD
Received 24 Feb 2023The Stables Commercial Street Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8UA
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At West Lochside Kinnordy Kirriemuir
Received 24 Feb 2023Craigendowie Lethnot Edzell Brechin DD9 7UN
Received 24 Feb 2023117 Newton Crescent Carnoustie DD7 6JD
Received 27 Feb 202318 High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TA
Received 27 Feb 2023Land At Lamondfauld Farm Dubton Road Hillside
Received 27 Feb 202363 High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AD
Received 28 Feb 20239 Tailyour Crescent Montrose DD10 9BL
Received 28 Feb 2023Craigendowie Lethnot Edzell Brechin DD9 7UN
Received 28 Feb 2023Pavilion House 10 Queen Street Forfar DD8 3AJ
Received 1 Mar 2023Records 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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