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.
13,680 approved · 573 refused · 1,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Friockheim Community Hub Eastgate Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TG
Received 1 Mar 2023Stirling Cottage Kinnaird Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4TJ
Received 1 Mar 202316 Bruce Court Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JE
Received 2 Mar 20235 Ladywell Sawmill Houses Logie Kirriemuir DD8 5PD
Received 3 Mar 2023Dunern 21 Suttieside Road Forfar DD8 3EL
Received 6 Mar 20234 Grange Gait Monifieth Dundee DD5 4PL
Received 6 Mar 2023David's Hill Waulkmill St Vigeans Arbroath DD11 4RG
Received 6 Mar 202371 Queen Street Carnoustie DD7 7SU
Received 6 Mar 202310 Golf Avenue Monifieth Dundee DD5 4AS
Received 6 Mar 2023Land 50M West Of Drumtochty Muirside Of Kinnell Arbroath
Received 6 Mar 202321 Omachie Place Wellbank Dundee DD5 3PH
Received 6 Mar 2023Quarry Cottage Pressock Guthrie Forfar DD8 2SN
Received 7 Mar 2023Farm House Berry Hill Farm Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5LN
Received 7 Mar 2023Land South West Of St Ninian's Road Padanaram Forfar
Received 7 Mar 2023Sprottiefauld Cottage Eassie Forfar DD8 1SD
Received 8 Mar 2023Plot 157 Former Strathmartine Hospital Strathmartine
Received 8 Mar 2023Land 75M North Of Ashton Terrace Jonathan's Walk Strathmartine Dundee Angus
Received 8 Mar 202367 - 69 Castle Street Forfar DD8 3AG
Received 9 Mar 202316 Panbride View Carnoustie DD7 6JG
Received 10 Mar 202321 Nursery Road Montrose DD10 9AW
Received 13 Mar 2023Ironshill Farm Ironshill Inverkeilor
Received 13 Mar 2023Schoolhouse Chapelton Arbroath DD11 4RT
Received 14 Mar 2023Unit 1 Lochlands Garden Centre Lochlands Forfar DD8 1XF
Received 14 Mar 2023Upper Drumgley Farm Upper Drumgley Forfar
Received 15 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage