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.
13,773 approved · 574 refused · 1,317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Eastfield Steadings Auchterhouse Dundee DD3 0QP
Received 4 Jul 202318 Orchard Loan Orchardbank Industrial Estate Forfar DD8 1TD
Received 4 Jul 2023223M Of A90T At Lochlands Junction/A932 Dundee Road. Lochlands Junction Forfar
Received 4 Jul 2023The Old Corn Mill Bridgend Of Lintrathen Kirriemuir DD8 5JH
Received 5 Jul 2023Land 370M NE Of Of Govanhill West Mains Of Rossie Montrose
Received 5 Jul 202335 Kingfisher Avenue Forfar Angus DD8 3FS
Received 5 Jul 202322 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 6 Jul 202322 Little Causeway Forfar DD8 2AD
Received 6 Jul 20233 Bellevue Gardens Arbroath DD11 5BE
Received 7 Jul 202322 Holdings Barns Of Claverhouse Dundee DD3 0QF
Received 7 Jul 202322 Holdings Barns Of Claverhouse Dundee DD3 0QF
Received 7 Jul 2023Muir Of Pert Farm Tealing Dundee DD4 0QL
Received 7 Jul 20235 Cliffburn Terrace Arbroath DD11 5BP
Received 10 Jul 2023Canmore Lour Forfar DD8 1XG
Received 10 Jul 2023Inchape View 39 East Grimsby Arbroath DD11 1PA
Received 10 Jul 2023Lochside Lodge Forfar DD8 1PU
Received 10 Jul 2023Land At Kinnell Farm Kinnell Arbroath
Received 11 Jul 202366 Rossie Street Arbroath DD11 3DE
Received 12 Jul 2023Home Farm Bothy Tealing Dundee DD4 0QZ
Received 13 Jul 202337 Houghton Drive Hillside Montrose DD10 9FD
Received 13 Jul 20239 Fontstane Crescent Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JZ
Received 13 Jul 20233 Marywell Brae Kirriemuir DD8 4BJ
Received 13 Jul 202354 High Street Montrose DD10 8JF
Received 13 Jul 2023The Bungalow 4 Gagie Home Farm Holdings Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PS
Received 14 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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