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.
5,562 approved · 336 refused · 508 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2016 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
347 Strathmartine Road Dundee DD3 8NE
Received 1 Jul 20225 Halley Place Dundee DD3 9TH
Received 1 Jul 202277 Strathern Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1PG
Received 1 Jul 2022Greystanes House 1 North Road Liff Dundee DD2 5SQ
Received 1 Jul 202220 Ballumbie Meadows Dundee DD4 0UL
Received 4 Jul 202221 Braes Of Gray Road Dundee DD2 5FA
Received 4 Jul 202221 Thomson Street Dundee DD1 4LF
Received 4 Jul 2022Land To South Of 157 Balgillo Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 5 Jul 2022Electric Sub-Station Buchanan Street Dundee
Received 5 Jul 20225A Glamis Road Dundee DD2 1LZ
Received 5 Jul 20228 James Place Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1EE
Received 5 Jul 2022Former Maryfield Tram Depot 25A Forfar Road Dundee
Received 5 Jul 202294A Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1LB
Received 6 Jul 202242 - 44 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1RT
Received 6 Jul 2022Former Longhaugh Primary School Fintry Terrace Dundee DD4 9JH
Received 6 Jul 2022Harris Academy 470 - 472 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1NL
Received 6 Jul 202211 - 15 Murraygate Dundee DD1 2EE
Received 7 Jul 202211 - 15 Murraygate Dundee DD1 2EE
Received 7 Jul 202242 - 44 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1RT
Received 7 Jul 2022Land To North Of Lothian Crescent And South Of Tranent Grove Dundee
Received 7 Jul 20221 Sutherland Crescent Dundee DD2 2HP
Received 7 Jul 2022Land West Of 404-494 And North Of Riverside Drive Dundee
Received 7 Jul 2022Land At Former St Lukes And St Matthews Rc Primary School Longhaugh Road Dundee
Received 8 Jul 2022Land To West Of Broomhill Road Dunsinane Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 8 Jul 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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