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.
14,089 approved · 592 refused · 1,372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forfar Auction Mart 48 John Street Forfar DD8 3EZ
Received 9 Nov 20239 Bruce Court Links Parade Carnoustie DD7 7JE
Received 9 Nov 20233 Backboath Farm Cottages Boath Letham Forfar DD8 2SS
Received 9 Nov 2023Brighty House Brighty Tealing Dundee DD4 0PU
Received 9 Nov 2023Brighty House Brighty Tealing Dundee DD4 0PU
Received 8 Nov 2023Kingston Place Kingsmuir Forfar DD8 2RG
Received 9 Nov 2023Lochside Lodge Forfar DD8 1PU
Received 9 Nov 2023Flat 1/0 The Dales Lunan Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5ST
Received 10 Nov 2023Flat 1/0 The Dales Lunan Inverkeilor Arbroath DD11 5ST
Received 13 Nov 2023Land 200M South West Of Shielmaron Craigton Monikie
Received 13 Nov 2023Invertay House 3 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JG
Received 13 Nov 2023Invertay House 3 Maule Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JG
Received 13 Nov 2023Granary Cottage Inshewan Forfar DD8 3TU
Received 13 Nov 2023Land To East Of Crudie Acre Cottage Arbroath
Received 15 Nov 20231A High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AN
Received 15 Nov 20231A High Street Carnoustie DD7 6AN
Received 15 Nov 20237 Platten Gardens Kirriemuir DD8 4AG
Received 16 Nov 20239 Macgregor Street Brechin DD9 6AB
Received 17 Nov 202314 - 16 Hill Street Monifieth Dundee DD5 4JQ
Received 20 Nov 2023Hillockhead Airlie Kirriemuir DD8 5NG
Received 20 Nov 202330 Brown Street Carnoustie DD7 7HB
Received 20 Nov 202321 Tayside Street Carnoustie DD7 6AX
Received 20 Nov 2023Craigview House Usan Montrose DD10 9SD
Received 20 Nov 20236 Vaynes Park Brechin DD9 6LA
Received 21 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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