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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.
5,523 approved · 336 refused · 498 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Reres Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2XA
Received 15 Mar 2022Dundee West Church 130 - 132 Perth Road Dundee DD1 4JW
Received 15 Mar 202260 Craigie Avenue Dundee DD4 7NP
Received 15 Mar 202213 Fairfield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NX
Received 16 Mar 202219 Madeira Street Dundee DD4 7HA
Received 16 Mar 202219 Bingham Terrace Dundee DD4 7HQ
Received 16 Mar 2022Land At Linlathen Linlathen Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 17 Mar 202287 Queen Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1AF
Received 17 Mar 2022Greystanes House 16 North Road Liff Dundee DD2 5SQ
Received 17 Mar 2022Greystanes House 16 North Road Liff Dundee DD2 5SQ
Received 17 Mar 2022Dundee West Church 130 - 132 Perth Road Dundee DD1 4JW
Received 17 Mar 202213 Johnston Avenue Dundee DD3 8HE
Received 17 Mar 2022Depot Marchbank Depot 34 Harefield Road Dundee DD2 3JW
Received 17 Mar 2022Prospect House 1 Prospect Business Centre Gemini Crescent Dundee Technology Park Dundee DD2 1TY
Received 18 Mar 2022Unit B14 Kingsway West Retail Park 467 Clepington Road Dundee DD3 8RX
Received 25 Feb 20222 Holly Crescent Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2PS
Received 18 Mar 2022Matthew Building University Of Dundee Perth Road Dundee
Received 18 Mar 202216 Gauldry Terrace Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3JQ
Received 18 Mar 2022119 Clepington Road Dundee
Received 21 Mar 2022V & A Museum Of Design 1 Riverside Esplanade Dundee DD1 4EZ
Received 21 Mar 202243 Ballumbie Rise Gardens Dundee DD4 0FP
Received 21 Mar 2022Dundee West Mineral Yard North Car Park Greenmarket Dundee
Received 22 Mar 2022Matthew Building University Of Dundee Perth Road Dundee
Received 22 Mar 20222/2 31 Albert Square Meadowside Dundee DD1 1DJ
Received 22 Mar 2022Records 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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