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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.
13,701 approved · 573 refused · 1,307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Redfield Road Montrose DD10 8TW
Received 24 Mar 2023Netherton Cottage Low Road Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LN
Received 24 Mar 20234 Market Street Brechin DD9 6BA
Received 24 Mar 20234 Market Street Brechin DD9 6BA
Received 24 Mar 202311 Whiteside Kirriemuir DD8 4HZ
Received 24 Mar 2023Lower Garages Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle
Received 24 Mar 2023Building At Western Road Montrose
Received 27 Mar 2023Skate Park Riverview Park Riverview Drive Monifieth
Received 27 Mar 2023Plum Cottage Mill Place Craigo Montrose DD10 9JZ
Received 27 Mar 2023Eskbank House Murthill Forfar DD8 3SD
Received 28 Mar 202320 Chestnut Green Baldovie Dundee DD5 3NL
Received 28 Mar 2023Land 200M West Of Templeton Farm Templeton Birkhill
Received 28 Mar 2023Smithy House Keillor Kettins Blairgowrie PH13 9JT
Received 29 Mar 2023Land Abutting Cross Roads Cottage Kinnell Arbroath
Received 30 Mar 2023Land 60M North Of Smithyfield House Muirside Of Kinnell Arbroath DD11 4UQ
Received 30 Mar 2023Land In Cotgibbon Plantation Glen Clova
Received 31 Mar 2023Kinpurnie Castle Newtyle Blairgowrie PH12 8TW
Received 31 Mar 2023Broomfield Park Broomfield Road Montrose
Received 3 Apr 2023Chateau Demondale Place Arbroath DD11 1SU
Received 4 Apr 2023Denley House 3 Arbirlot Road Arbroath DD11 2EN
Received 4 Apr 2023Riverview Park Riverview Drive Monifieth
Received 4 Apr 2023Land 150M South Of Annfield Cottage Brax Arbroath
Received 4 Apr 2023Woodlands Lovehall Road Wellbank Dundee DD5 3QF
Received 6 Apr 202335 Marketgate Arbroath DD11 1AU
Received 6 Apr 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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