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.
13,930 approved · 581 refused · 1,345 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Aug 2008 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Windymill Cottage Tealing Dundee DD4 0QJ
Received 2 Aug 2023Office East Memus Farm East Memus Forfar DD8 3TY
Received 2 Aug 2023Glenmarkie Lodge Glenmarkie Glen Isla Blairgowrie PH11 8QB
Received 2 Aug 2023Farmhouse Lindertis Airlie Kirriemuir DD8 5NT
Received 3 Aug 2023The Nook Station Road Barry Carnoustie DD7 7RS
Received 3 Aug 2023196 - 198 High Street Arbroath DD11 1HY
Received 4 Aug 2023Craiksfold Farm Turin Forfar DD8 2UY
Received 4 Aug 20231 Farm Cottages Myreton Of Claverhouse Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0PY
Received 7 Aug 2023Land 300M NE Of Bridge Of Dun Substation Dun Montrose
Received 7 Aug 2023Flat 1 And A/2 10 Whites Place Montrose DD10 8RW
Received 7 Aug 202383 High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 9 Aug 202325-27 Terrace Road Carnoustie DD7 7AR
Received 9 Aug 2023Liff Primary School Liff Dundee DD2 5NJ
Received 9 Aug 202310 Templehall Place Newbigging Monifieth Dundee DD5 3UW
Received 10 Aug 2023Wateresk Glen Clova Kirriemuir DD8 4QQ
Received 10 Aug 202384 Kinloch Street Carnoustie DD7 7ES
Received 10 Aug 2023Land South West Of Cotehill Farm Cottage Arbikie Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 4UY
Received 11 Aug 202318 Hill Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JQ
Received 11 Aug 2023Transmission Mast Monikie
Received 11 Aug 2023Gardeners Cottage Turin Forfar DD8 2UF
Received 11 Aug 2023115 Coupar Angus Road Muirhead Dundee DD2 5QN
Received 11 Aug 2023Garage Montrose Road Arbroath DD11 5JP
Received 14 Aug 202360 Bruce Road Arbroath DD11 1TG
Received 14 Aug 2023Site Of Former Seaforth Hotel Dundee Road Arbroath
Received 14 Aug 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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