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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.
14,050 approved · 588 refused · 1,367 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Mains Of Dun Dun Montrose DD10 9LW
Received 10 Oct 2023Land 500M East Of Stoneygroves Liff
Received 10 Oct 2023Mill Of Dun Dun Montrose DD10 9LQ
Received 10 Oct 2023Manse Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 10 Oct 2023Restaurant Finavon Forfar DD8 3QD
Received 11 Oct 2023Bonnycheer Redford Carmyllie Arbroath DD11 2RG
Received 11 Oct 2023Maresfield Main Road Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LP
Received 11 Oct 20235 Church Lane Kirriemuir DD8 4HE
Received 11 Oct 20231 Murray Street Montrose DD10 8LH
Received 12 Oct 2023Manse Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 13 Oct 2023Land 500M SE Of Balwyllo Farm Dun Montrose
Received 13 Oct 2023Baker Hughes Brent Avenue Forties Industrial Estate Montrose DD10 9PB
Received 16 Oct 2023Land 300M NE Of Bridge Of Dun Substation Dun Montrose
Received 17 Oct 20235 Lintie Croft Forfar DD8 1PP
Received 18 Oct 2023Land At Muirhead Beechwood Place Kirriemuir
Received 19 Oct 2023Lochmill Forfar DD8 1QZ
Received 19 Oct 2023Factory Brechin Industrial Estate Brechin Angus DD9 7RU
Received 20 Oct 2023Fallady Cottage Idvies Letham Forfar DD8 2SP
Received 20 Oct 202330 Lilybank Crescent Forfar DD8 2HZ
Received 23 Oct 2023Offices Links House Carnoustie Golf Links Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JE
Received 24 Oct 2023Flats At 61 Keptie Street Arbroath DD11 3AN
Received 24 Oct 2023Hawthornbank 2 Braehead Road Letham Forfar DD8 2PG
Received 24 Oct 2023Pentakota 18 Braehead Drive Carnoustie DD7 7SX
Received 25 Oct 2023Riverwood Cottage Stoneygroves Old Farm House Liff Dundee DD2 5NG
Received 25 Oct 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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