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.
4,941 approved · 288 refused · 416 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3B West Grove Avenue Dundee DD2 1LN
Received 14 Nov 201843 - 45 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JN
Received 14 Nov 201825 Valgreen Court Dundee DD4 8XL
Received 12 Nov 201812 Forfar Road Dundee
Received 14 Nov 201844 Oxford Street Dundee DD2 1TF
Received 15 Nov 2018Tesco Stores Ltd Office Baird Avenue Dryburgh Industrial Estate Dundee DD2 3TN
Received 15 Nov 20187 Faraday Street Dryburgh Industrial Estate Dundee DD2 3QQ
Received 15 Nov 2018Retail Warehouse Kings Cross Road Dundee DD2 3PT
Received 16 Nov 2018Ninewells Hospital And Medical School Ninewells Drive Dundee DD1 9SY
Received 16 Nov 2018Multi Storey Car Park Site Office 15 Greenmarket Dundee DD1 4QB
Received 16 Nov 2018Outside Of 3 And 5 Constitution Road Dundee
Received 16 Nov 2018Land At Aberlady Crescent Dundee
Received 16 Nov 201887 Perth Road Dundee DD1 4HZ
Received 19 Nov 2018100A Queen Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1AJ
Received 19 Nov 2018Outside Fulton Building Smalls Wynd Dundee
Received 19 Nov 201820 Hazel Avenue Dundee DD2 1QD
Received 19 Nov 2018323 Kingsway Dundee DD3 8LQ
Received 19 Nov 2018Land To The West Of 149 Helmsdale Avenue Dundee
Received 20 Nov 201811 - 15 And Site Of 17 - 23 Murraygate Dundee
Received 20 Nov 20189 Ballinard Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1BZ
Received 20 Nov 201811 - 15 And Site Of 17 - 23 Murraygate Dundee
Received 20 Nov 201819 Overton Gardens Dundee DD2 2UE
Received 20 Nov 20184 Shore Terrace Dundee DD1 3AH
Received 21 Nov 2018Unit 2 The Stack Leisure Park Harefield Road Dundee DD2 3XN
Received 22 Nov 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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