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.
5,052 approved · 300 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brackenbrae House 1 Brackenbrae Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1RX
Received 15 May 201920 Gleneagles Avenue Dundee DD2 3GR
Received 15 May 2019City Square Dundee
Received 16 May 2019Olympia MSCP 1 East Whale Lane Dundee DD1 3JU
Received 17 May 201919 Cedar Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3BA
Received 20 May 201980 Forfar Road Dundee DD4 7BA
Received 20 May 20192 Alder Avenue Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3TU
Received 20 May 2019167 Gray Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2HZ
Received 20 May 2019100 Dura Street Dundee DD4 6TE
Received 20 May 2019Hawkhill Court Mid Wynd Dundee
Received 21 May 2019Garden Ground 21 Ancrum Road Dundee
Received 21 May 201931 Reres Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2QD
Received 22 May 2019House Of Gray Uninhabitable Premises Dykes Of Gray Road Dundee
Received 22 May 2019House Of Gray Uninhabitable Premises Dykes Of Gray Road Dundee
Received 22 May 2019Wildway 7 Clarendon Drive Dundee DD2 1JU
Received 22 May 2019Asda Stores Milton Of Craigie Retail Park Milton Of Craigie Road North Dundee DD4 7XE
Received 22 May 2019100 - 108 Commercial Street Dundee DD1 2AJ
Received 23 May 201950 Panmure Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2LN
Received 23 May 2019Hi-Tech Acoustic Services Ltd 17 Panmure Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2ER
Received 24 May 2019The Jimmy Shand Dickson Avenue Dundee DD2 4HJ
Received 24 May 2019200 Arbroath Road Dundee DD4 7RZ
Received 24 May 20192 Shaftesbury Park Dundee DD2 1LB
Received 27 May 2019Dundee College Gardyne Campus Gardyne Road Dundee DD5 1NY
Received 27 May 20196 Old Craigie Road Dundee DD4 7HT
Received 27 May 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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