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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.
13,755 approved · 574 refused · 1,312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 2.2km NW Of Craigoshina Gannochy Edzell
Received 1 Jun 2023Kingennie Fishings Forbes Of Kingennie Drive Kingennie Dundee DD5 3RD
Received 1 Jun 2023Shop and Post Office 4 The Square Glamis Forfar DD8 1RS
Received 1 Jun 202312 Inveraldie Crescent Inveraldie Tealing Dundee DD4 0QR
Received 1 Jun 202363 Provost Buchan Road Brechin DD9 6DD
Received 1 Jun 2023Field Opposite Strathview Westfield Loan Forfar
Received 2 Jun 2023Hillcrest Aberlemno Forfar DD8 3PD
Received 2 Jun 2023Hilton Of Guthrie Quarry Guthrie
Received 2 Jun 20235 Clerk Street Brechin DD9 6AF
Received 5 Jun 2023Land At Cotton Of Lownie Hillend Of Lownie Forfar
Received 5 Jun 202332 Buick Drive Arbroath DD11 5LF
Received 5 Jun 202322 Kinloch Street Carnoustie DD7 7EF
Received 5 Jun 202311 Elm Rise Baldovie Dundee DD5 3UY
Received 5 Jun 20234 Queens Close Montrose DD10 8FR
Received 5 Jun 2023100 - 102 High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AE
Received 5 Jun 2023Baker Hughes Charleton Road Montrose DD10 9EB
Received 6 Jun 20231 Brochie Cottages Monikie Dundee DD5 3QN
Received 6 Jun 202312D Hill Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JQ
Received 6 Jun 2023Land 200M South Of St Brides Cottage Kingennie
Received 6 Jun 2023Land 30M North Of Ethie Greens Ethie Inverkeilor
Received 7 Jun 202387 - 91 High Street Montrose DD10 8QY
Received 7 Jun 202376 Dundee Road Forfar DD8 1HW
Received 7 Jun 202376 Dundee Road Forfar DD8 1HW
Received 7 Jun 2023Anniston Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5RL
Received 7 Jun 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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