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 Dundee City. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,842 approved · 281 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2018 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Dawson Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1PU
Received 28 May 201818 Noran Avenue Dundee DD4 7LF
Received 21 May 2018Land At Former Tay Rope Works Magdalen Yard Road Dundee
Received 29 May 2018463 Strathmartine Road Dundee DD3 9DQ
Received 29 May 2018Flat 26 Bonnybank Apartments 6 Forebank Street Dundee DD1 2PA
Received 29 May 201810 Kettins Terrace Dundee DD3 9RJ
Received 30 May 2018Development Ground Lundie Avenue Dundee
Received 30 May 2018Balcarres Residential Home 64 Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NW
Received 30 May 2018Flat 9 7 Ellieslea Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JG
Received 30 May 2018Flat 9 7 Ellieslea Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JG
Received 30 May 2018Former Bakery Castle Street Dundee
Received 30 May 2018Former Bakery Castle Street Dundee
Received 30 May 20183A Glamis Road Dundee DD2 1LZ
Received 31 May 20183 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AR
Received 31 May 201861 Myrekirk Road Dundee DD2 4WB
Received 31 May 2018Land To West Of Thorter Loan And South Of South Victoria Dock Road Dundee
Received 31 May 201878 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JP
Received 31 May 2018Land At Former Stewart House Kingsway East Dundee
Received 1 Jun 20182A Marlee Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3HA
Received 4 Jun 2018River Court 5 West Victoria Dock Road Dundee
Received 4 Jun 2018Various Sites Within Linlathen TPO Boundary Linlathen Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 4 Jun 20189 Clayhills Drive Dundee DD2 1SG
Received 4 Jun 2018Footpath At 4 Shore Terrace Dundee DD1 3AH
Received 4 Jun 201849 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JP
Received 4 Jun 2018Records 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 Dundee City, 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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