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.
13,765 approved · 574 refused · 1,315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Rosemount Road Birkhill Dundee DD2 5PU
Received 19 Jun 2023Folda 102 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HQ
Received 19 Jun 2023Baker Hughes Brent Avenue Forties Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 9PB
Received 20 Jun 2023Folda 102 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HQ
Received 20 Jun 2023Muir Of Pert Farm Tealing Dundee DD4 0QL
Received 19 Jun 2023Land 700M N Of Fallaws Farm Arbikie Inverkeilor
Received 21 Jun 2023Site Adjacent To Crowhurst Wellhill Montrose
Received 21 Jun 202317 Keptie Street Arbroath DD11 3AE
Received 22 Jun 202329 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HN
Received 22 Jun 202329 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HN
Received 22 Jun 2023Land Opposite Viewmount Glasterlaw Arbroath
Received 22 Jun 2023South Cotton Menmuir Brechin DD9 7RJ
Received 23 Jun 2023Castleton Farm Marywell Arbroath DD11 5RH
Received 23 Jun 2023Westbank Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RH
Received 26 Jun 2023Garage Convent Street Arbroath
Received 26 Jun 2023Abbey Works Palmer Street Arbroath DD11 1TZ
Received 22 Jun 2023127 East High Street Forfar DD8 2EQ
Received 28 Jun 202323 Masterton Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4UP
Received 28 Jun 20237 Lochbank Gardens Forfar DD8 3HG
Received 29 Jun 2023Land At Lime Grove Lime Grove Baldovie
Received 29 Jun 2023Unit 1 Westway Retail Park Arbroath DD11 2NQ
Received 29 Jun 2023Cairncross Tarfside Glen Esk Brechin DD9 7YT
Received 30 Jun 2023Restaurant Halfpennyburn Forfar DD8 1TE
Received 3 Jul 2023Restaurant Halfpennyburn Forfar DD8 1TE
Received 3 Jul 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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