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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.
13,740 approved · 573 refused · 1,310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Beulah Howe Forfar DD8 3DA
Received 12 May 202374A Glengate Kirriemuir DD8 4JG
Received 12 May 2023Woodhill Barry Carnoustie DD7 7SD
Received 17 May 202376 Bellevue Gardens Arbroath DD11 5BQ
Received 17 May 20233 Moonlight Gardens Arbroath DD11 5LE
Received 17 May 2023Lyndhurst 1 St Ninian's Square Brechin DD9 7AD
Received 17 May 2023The Garden Cottage Dunnichen Forfar DD8 2NX
Received 17 May 2023Land West Of Newton Burn Glenmarkie Glen Isla
Received 17 May 2023Burnside Of Inshewan Glenquiech Forfar DD8 3UA
Received 17 May 20237 Carmyllie Place Monifieth Dundee DD5 4SS
Received 17 May 202330 & 32 Barry Road Carnoustie DD7 7QP
Received 18 May 2023Land Adjacent To Craigisla Cottages Alyth
Received 19 May 202313 Roseville Place Arbroath DD11 3HD
Received 19 May 202334 Hill Street Arbroath DD11 1AE
Received 19 May 2023Warehouse Barrack Road Montrose DD10 8EA
Received 19 May 20232 Traill Drive Montrose DD10 8SW
Received 19 May 2023Milton Of Ogilvie School House Milton Of Ogilvie Glen Ogilvie Forfar DD8 1UN
Received 22 May 202319 Osprey Road Piperdam Fowlis Dundee DD2 5GA
Received 22 May 202315 Bridge Street Montrose DD10 8AB
Received 22 May 2023West Ballochy Farm West Ballochy Montrose
Received 23 May 20231B Victoria Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4HL
Received 23 May 20234 Andrew Barton Street Arbroath DD11 5HB
Received 23 May 2023Land Elliot Industrial Estate Arbroath
Received 23 May 2023Montrose Service Station 108 North Esk Road Montrose DD10 9AY
Received 24 May 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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