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.
4,993 approved · 295 refused · 424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 2017 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Darkfalls 1 Castleroy Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2LQ
Received 29 Jan 201923 Yewbank Avenue Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2SG
Received 29 Jan 2019Yard And Store Piper Street Baldovie Industrial Estate Dundee DD4 0NT
Received 29 Jan 201981 Meadowside Dundee DD1 1EN
Received 29 Jan 20193 Anstruther Road Dundee DD4 7EA
Received 29 Jan 201937 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SH
Received 30 Jan 201937 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SH
Received 30 Jan 201980 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1LB
Received 30 Jan 2019Braeknowe 430 Blackness Road Dundee DD2 1TQ
Received 30 Jan 20199 Bridge Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2SY
Received 31 Jan 201950 - 60 Lochee Road Dundee DD1 5RJ
Received 1 Feb 201950 - 60 Lochee Road Dundee DD1 5RJ
Received 1 Feb 20196 Hyndford Street Dundee DD2 1HP
Received 1 Feb 2019274 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1AE
Received 1 Feb 2019274 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1AE
Received 1 Feb 201921 Gray Street Dundee DD2 2QU
Received 4 Feb 201910 Rockfield Crescent Dundee DD2 1JE
Received 4 Feb 2019Broughty Ferry Beach The Esplanade Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 4 Feb 2019262 King Street Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 4 Feb 20197 Farington Terrace Dundee DD2 1LP
Received 5 Feb 20199 - 11 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AR
Received 6 Feb 20199 - 11 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AR
Received 6 Feb 20192nd Floor Meeting Rooms 7 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AR
Received 6 Feb 20192nd Floor Meeting Rooms 7 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AR
Received 6 Feb 2019Records 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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