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.
5,563 approved · 336 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
314 Clepington Road Dundee DD3 8EL
Received 11 Jul 202242 - 44 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1RT
Received 8 Jul 2022Land To South Of Camperdown Street And East Of West Victoria Dock Road Dundee
Received 11 Jul 2022Former Maryfield Tram Depot 25A Forfar Road Dundee
Received 11 Jul 20227 Reresmount Place Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2SN
Received 12 Jul 20225 Dick Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2JH
Received 12 Jul 2022Unit A1 Kingsway West Retail Park 467 Clepington Road Dundee DD3 8RX
Received 12 Jul 2022Site Of Former Factory Ballindean Road Dundee
Received 13 Jul 20221 Melrose Gardens Dundee DD3 7BT
Received 13 Jul 202237B Constitution Street Dundee DD3 6JH
Received 13 Jul 20227 Loraine Road Dundee DD4 7EB
Received 13 Jul 202210 Water's Edge Camperdown Street Docks Dundee DD1 3HY
Received 13 Jul 2022106 - 110 Strathmartine Road Dundee DD3 7SF
Received 14 Jul 2022Unit R Charles Bowman Avenue Claverhouse West Industrial Estate Dundee DD4 9UB
Received 14 Jul 20221 Douglas Terrace Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1EA
Received 15 Jul 20221 Nevill Street Dundee DD3 8PX
Received 18 Jul 2022Land To South Of Jack Martin Way Claverhouse East Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 18 Jul 2022Matthew Building University Of Dundee Perth Road Dundee
Received 18 Jul 20222 West Grove Avenue Dundee DD2 1LN
Received 18 Jul 202238 Long Lane Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1EQ
Received 18 Jul 2022142A Lochee Road Dundee DD2 2LB
Received 18 Jul 2022Unit 4&5 Gallagher Retail Park 42 East Dock Street Dundee DD1 3JS
Received 18 Jul 202215 Rosewood Terrace Dundee DD2 1NS
Received 19 Jul 202227 - 29 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SG
Received 20 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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