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.
5,364 approved · 323 refused · 461 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Powrie Farmhouse C5 From Emmock Road To Barns Of Wedderburn Dundee DD4 0QG
Received 25 Feb 2021314 - 316 Brook Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2AN
Received 25 Feb 202122 Hyndford Place Dundee DD2 1HS
Received 26 Feb 20215 Applecross Gardens Dundee DD2 4TX
Received 26 Feb 202148 Oxford Street Dundee DD2 1TF
Received 1 Mar 2021Land To West Of Livery Stable North Grange Farm Arbroath Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 1 Mar 2021128 Ancrum Drive Dundee DD2 2JA
Received 1 Mar 2021Unit 2 Block 1A Dunsinane Avenue Dunsinane Industrial Estate Dundee DD2 3QN
Received 1 Mar 202131 Camphill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2JF
Received 1 Mar 202136 Johnston Avenue Dundee DD3 8HD
Received 2 Mar 2021Land To West Of Broomhill Road Dunsinane Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 2 Mar 2021538 Strathmartine Road Dundee DD3 9ET
Received 1 Mar 202110 Gillies Place Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3LE
Received 1 Mar 20212 Braefield Lane Dundee DD4 0FD
Received 2 Mar 20214/0 34 Commercial Street Dundee DD1 3EJ
Received 3 Mar 20214/0 34 Commercial Street Dundee DD1 3EJ
Received 3 Mar 202115 Morlich Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3JA
Received 3 Mar 202140B Camphill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2JD
Received 3 Mar 202140B Camphill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2JD
Received 3 Mar 2021Glenogil 9A Ogilvie Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1LU
Received 4 Mar 202139 Brownhill Street Dundee DD2 4JS
Received 4 Mar 2021Harris Academy 470 - 472 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1NL
Received 4 Mar 2021Footway To West Of Marshall Street High Street Lochee Dundee
Received 5 Mar 202171 Hawick Drive Dundee DD4 0JY
Received 5 Mar 2021Records 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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