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.
5,120 approved · 308 refused · 437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Footpath Adjacent To 72-76 Murrygate, Panmure Street Dundee
Received 22 Aug 2019Footpath Adjacent To 72-76 Murraygate, Panmure Street Dundee
Received 22 Aug 2019Footpath Adjacent To 7-9 Reform Street Reform Street Dundee
Received 22 Aug 2019Footpath Adjacent To 7-9 Reform Street Dundee
Received 22 Aug 2019Public Footpath OS Brewdog Public House Panmure Street Dundee
Received 22 Aug 2019Public Footpath OS Brewdog Public House Panmure Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Outside 11 Cowgate Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Outside 11 Cowgate Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Outside Of 2 Panmure Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Outside Of 2 Panmure Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Opposite 18 Murraygate Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Opposite 18 Murraygate Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Adjacent To The Wellgate Centre Panmure Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Footpath Adjacent To The Wellgate Centre Panmure Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Adjacent To 86 High Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 201941 - 49 Murraygate Dundee DD1 2EA
Received 23 Aug 2019Adjacent To 86 High Street Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2019Gladstone Place 471 Brook Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2DZ
Received 26 Aug 20194 Stanley Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3AR
Received 26 Aug 201926A Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NT
Received 26 Aug 2019Douglas Place 11 Ramsay Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2SE
Received 26 Aug 201924A Roseangle Dundee DD1 4LR
Received 26 Aug 201918 Marchfield Road Dundee DD2 1JG
Received 26 Aug 2019Olympia MSCP 1 East Whale Lane Dundee DD1 3JU
Received 28 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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