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.
5,329 approved · 323 refused · 460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 2017 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
138 Liff Road Dundee DD2 2TS
Received 2 Dec 202039 Strachan Avenue Dundee DD5 1RE
Received 3 Dec 202037A Lochinver Crescent Dundee DD2 4UA
Received 3 Dec 20201 And 3 Union Place Dundee
Received 3 Dec 2020Braeside Dykes Of Gray Road Dundee DD2 5ND
Received 3 Dec 20204 Cambridge Street Dundee DD2 1TD
Received 4 Dec 202020 New Craigie Road New Craigie Retail Park Dundee DD4 7FF
Received 4 Dec 202064 Seagate Dundee DD1 2EN
Received 4 Dec 202020 New Craigie Road New Craigie Retail Park Dundee DD4 7FF
Received 4 Dec 20206 Greenfield Place Dundee DD1 4JR
Received 4 Dec 2020140 Strathern Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1BQ
Received 7 Dec 2020Land To South West Of Riverside House Riverside Avenue Dundee
Received 8 Dec 202049 Castle Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EH
Received 8 Dec 20201 - 5 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SG
Received 8 Dec 20201 - 5 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SG
Received 8 Dec 2020Gowrie House 9 South Drive Liff Dundee DD2 5SJ
Received 9 Dec 2020Ferntower 53 Magdalen Yard Road Dundee
Received 9 Dec 20206 Mains Loan Dundee DD4 7AA
Received 9 Dec 202016 - 18 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JL
Received 9 Dec 2020Taychreggan House 4 Ellieslea Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 9 Dec 2020Advertising Station Site Number 0338 Old Muirton Road Dundee
Received 10 Dec 2020Gilfillan Memorial Church 24 Whitehall Crescent Dundee DD1 4AY
Received 11 Dec 2020G/1 33 Douglas Road Dundee DD4 7SN
Received 11 Dec 2020Site Of 46 Loons Road Dundee
Received 11 Dec 2020Records 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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