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.
15,356 approved · 692 refused · 1,610 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2007 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Angus Gardens Monifieth Dundee DD5 4UE
Received 16 Mar 2026East Keillor House East Keillor Coupar Angus Blairgowrie PH13 9JU
Received 16 Mar 2026Langfield House Westbank Westmuir Kirriemuir DD8 5LR
Received 16 Mar 20266 Kestrel Place Montrose DD10 9FN
Received 17 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To The Steading Nether Drumgley Nether Drumgley Forfar DD8 1QZ
Received 17 Mar 2026Brigton House Kinnettles Forfar DD8 1TP
Received 17 Mar 2026Parkconon Farm Repowering Colliston Arbroath
Received 16 Mar 2026The Yard Nursery Lane Brechin DD9 7ET
Received 18 Mar 202623 Red Kite Road Edzell Brechin Angus DD9 7FF
Received 18 Mar 2026Kirkton Farm Kirkton Of Monikie Monikie
Received 18 Mar 2026Cardean 1 Morley Place Arbroath DD11 2AJ
Received 20 Mar 2026Ardovie House Ardovie Brechin DD9 6ST
Received 20 Mar 2026Cransley Farm Cransley Fowlis
Received 20 Mar 2026The Farmhouse West Muirhouse Arbroath DD11 3RU
Received 24 Mar 20262 Red Kite Road Edzell Brechin Angus DD9 7FF
Received 24 Mar 2026Field 430 West Of Craignathro Farm Forfar
Received 25 Mar 2026Connemara 2B Old Brechin Road Lunanhead Forfar DD8 3NT
Received 27 Mar 20263 Mossburn Place Letham Forfar DD8 2RH
Received 27 Mar 2026Unit 2 Voigt Road Victoria Green Business Park Carnoustie
Received 27 Mar 2026Grain Store Upper Drumgley Farm Upper Drumgley Forfar
Received 27 Mar 202620 Munro Way Kirriemuir DD8 4NG
Received 30 Mar 2026Yard Riverview Drive Monifieth
Received 30 Mar 20264 West Hillbank Kirriemuir DD8 4HX
Received 30 Mar 2026Grey Harlings Traill Drive Montrose DD10 8SW
Received 31 Mar 2026Records 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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