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.
5,577 approved · 337 refused · 509 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36A Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NW
Received 19 Aug 202251 Clovis Duveau Drive Dundee DD2 5JA
Received 19 Aug 202237 Pleasance Court Dundee DD1 5BB
Received 19 Aug 2022Inverlaw House 49 Albany Terrace Dundee DD3 6HR
Received 22 Aug 202248 Fintry Place Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3BJ
Received 22 Aug 202234 Deanbank Street Dundee DD2 2EA
Received 23 Aug 2022Advertising Site Number 1055/01/02/03 99 Clepington Road Dundee
Received 23 Aug 2022Unit A1 Kingsway West Retail Park 467 Clepington Road Dundee DD3 8RX
Received 23 Aug 2022Workshop And Store Vacant Mains Of Balgay Elliot Road Dundee DD2 1SY
Received 23 Aug 2022Angus Court 15 Broomhill Road Dunsinane Industrial Estate Dundee DD2 3WT
Received 24 Aug 2022Charlotte Street Playing Fields Charlotte Street Dundee
Received 25 Aug 20224 Farington Gardens Dundee DD2 1PQ
Received 25 Aug 2022Winnocks 1 Gardyne Road Dundee DD5 1NH
Received 24 Aug 2022The Glass Pavilion The Esplanade Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EP
Received 25 Aug 2022The Glass Pavilion The Esplanade Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EP
Received 25 Aug 202223 - 25 South Tay Street Dundee
Received 26 Aug 202223 And 25 South Tay Street Dundee
Received 26 Aug 202217 Abertay Crescent Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2QJ
Received 29 Aug 202211 Troon Avenue Dundee DD2 3FP
Received 29 Aug 202253 Camphill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2JG
Received 29 Aug 2022Greenacres 75 Dundee Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NA
Received 29 Aug 20223 Fairfield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NX
Received 29 Aug 202222 Shamrock Street Dundee DD4 7AQ
Received 30 Aug 202211 Bower Mill Lane Dundee DD3 9UE
Received 30 Aug 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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