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.
5,473 approved · 333 refused · 481 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 4 Dunavon Mansion House 18 Dunavon Gardens Dundee DD3 9RA
Received 18 Oct 202138 Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NW
Received 18 Oct 2021353 - 363 Clepington Road Dundee DD3 8PL
Received 18 Oct 202164 - 70 North William Street Dundee DD3 7DB
Received 18 Oct 202110 St Edmund Place Dundee DD3 9NW
Received 19 Oct 2021Land To South Of Broughty Ferry Road Dundee
Received 20 Oct 202111 Laxford Lane Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3HF
Received 21 Oct 20211/0 327 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1LH
Received 22 Oct 20218 Blake Avenue Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3LH
Received 22 Oct 202150 Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NW
Received 25 Oct 2021363 King Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2HA
Received 25 Oct 20219 Bonspiel Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2LH
Received 25 Oct 2021Land East Of 7 - 15 Derwent Avenue Dundee
Received 25 Oct 20211 Abercromby Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2ST
Received 25 Oct 2021Lochee Station Old Muirton Road Dundee DD2 3TY
Received 19 Oct 2021Depot Marchbank Depot 34 Harefield Road Dundee DD2 3JW
Received 25 Oct 202122 Blake Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3LP
Received 26 Oct 20211 Hazel Gardens Dundee DD2 1UF
Received 26 Oct 2021148 West Marketgait Dundee DD1 1NJ
Received 26 Oct 2021357 King Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2HA
Received 26 Oct 2021357 King Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2HA
Received 26 Oct 2021Police Headquarters 4 West Bell Street Dundee DD1 1AD
Received 27 Oct 2021Marketgait Apartments 2 Johnston Street Dundee DD1 1PJ
Received 27 Oct 2021215 Arbroath Road Dundee DD4 7JU
Received 27 Oct 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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