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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.
14,065 approved · 592 refused · 1,369 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1/1 84 Roods Kirriemuir DD8 4HP
Received 26 Oct 2023Brae Of Pert Farm Brae Of Pert Laurencekirk
Received 27 Oct 2023West Loaning 2 Westfield Loan Forfar DD8 1EJ
Received 27 Oct 2023Peathill Cottage Careston Brechin DD9 6SA
Received 30 Oct 202334 Baltic Street Montrose DD10 8EX
Received 30 Oct 2023Woodville Lodge Woodville Arbroath DD11 3RH
Received 30 Oct 2023Woodville Lodge Woodville Arbroath DD11 3RH
Received 30 Oct 2023Arbroath Railway Station, Lunan Bay And Montrose Railway Station
Received 27 Oct 2023Land At Bus Terminus Adjacent To Former Ashludie Hospital Victoria Street Monifieth
Received 30 Oct 20237B Wellington Street Montrose DD10 8QD
Received 30 Oct 202341 Slade Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 5AF
Received 30 Oct 2023Burnside Strathmartine Dundee DD3 0PW
Received 31 Oct 202315 Bernard Crescent Arbroath DD11 5HR
Received 1 Nov 2023Viewbank Cottage North Ethiebeaton Monifieth Dundee DD5 3RB
Received 2 Nov 202312 Blackfriars Street Montrose DD10 8LL
Received 3 Nov 20231 Shore Arbroath DD11 1PB
Received 3 Nov 202311 Argyll Street Brechin DD9 6JL
Received 3 Nov 2023Sunnyside Royal Hospital Hillside Montrose DD10 9EN
Received 2 Nov 20231 Fithie Cottages Farnell Brechin DD9 6UE
Received 3 Nov 202315 Wellington Park Montrose DD10 8QG
Received 3 Nov 2023Fourwinds Beach Road East Haven Carnoustie DD7 6LQ
Received 3 Nov 2023Lunan Park Day Centre Guthrie Street Friockheim Arbroath DD11 4SZ
Received 6 Nov 2023Pamphray Farm Renmure Arbroath DD11 4RZ
Received 6 Nov 2023Orchard Central & West Development Area Sunnyside Estate Hillside Montrose
Received 9 Nov 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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