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.
14,013 approved · 586 refused · 1,363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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Received 15 Sept 2023Westhaven Farm Westhaven Road Carnoustie DD7 6JS
Received 18 Sept 202318 Maviscroft Forfar DD8 1HF
Received 18 Sept 2023Wardmill Battledykes Forfar DD8 3RT
Received 18 Sept 202321 Cairniehill Gardens Arbroath DD11 4EP
Received 18 Sept 2023Crofts Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RQ
Received 18 Sept 202312 India Lane Montrose DD10 8PN
Received 19 Sept 202320 Donaldsons Acre Arbroath DD11 5TA
Received 19 Sept 202395 High Street Carnoustie DD7 7EA
Received 20 Sept 2023Macduff Tower Kinnaird Castle Kinnaird Brechin DD9 6TZ
Received 21 Sept 2023Barony Flat (Lauderdale Flat) Kinnaird Castle, Kinnaird, Brechin, DD9 6TZ
Received 21 Sept 2023Barony Flat (Glen Flat), Kinnaird Castle, Kinnaird, Brechin, DD9 6TZ
Received 21 Sept 2023Land At Drummond Park Farm Little Brechin Brechin DD9 6RQ
Received 21 Sept 202369 Auchmithie Arbroath DD11 5SQ
Received 22 Sept 202346 High Street Brechin DD9 6EY
Received 22 Sept 20233 Greens Of Gardyne Cottages Guthrie Forfar DD8 2TT
Received 22 Sept 2023Kirkton Farm Steading Kirkton Road Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5SA
Received 22 Sept 202314 Marine House Bents Road Montrose DD10 8PU
Received 22 Sept 202316C Gibson Place Montrose DD10 8HQ
Received 22 Sept 202362 High Street Brechin DD9 6EY
Received 25 Sept 202346 Panmure Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4EH
Received 25 Sept 2023The Bungalow 4 Gagie Home Farm Holdings Gagie Duntrune Dundee DD4 0PS
Received 26 Sept 2023Land 225M South West Of Station House East Haven Carnoustie
Received 27 Sept 202314 Dalhousie Court Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JD
Received 27 Sept 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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