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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.
5,595 approved · 337 refused · 511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Police Station Balunie Drive Dundee DD4 8UT
Received 23 Sept 2022Police Headquarters 4 West Bell Street Dundee DD1 1AD
Received 23 Sept 2022Site Of Former Primary School Ballochmyle Drive Dundee
Received 23 Sept 2022Unit 5 6 And 7 Slessor Court Highland Chief Way Claverhouse West Industrial Park Dundee DD4 9UA
Received 26 Sept 202274 Finella Terrace Dundee DD4 9NZ
Received 26 Sept 202274 Finella Terrace Dundee DD4 9NZ
Received 26 Sept 2022Baptist Church And Hall 12 Bright Street Dundee DD2 3DE
Received 26 Sept 2022Unit 3 City Quay Camperdown Street Docks Dundee DD1 3JA
Received 26 Sept 2022Land At Former Tay Rope Works Magdalen Yard Road Dundee
Received 23 Sept 2022Land To North Of Arbroath Road And East Of Tom Johnston Road West Pitkerro Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 14 Sept 2022Land East And West Of Liff Place And North Of Brownhill Place Dundee
Received 22 Sept 2022Land South Of 14 Greenlee Drive Dundee
Received 26 Sept 20223 Harley Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3AD
Received 26 Sept 2022Land At Gourdie Place, Gourdie Crescent, Charleston Road, Invercraig Place And Balgarthno Road Dundee
Received 26 Sept 202217 Castle Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EH
Received 26 Sept 202228 Marine Parade Dundee DD1 3BN
Received 27 Sept 2022Slessor Gardens Riverside Esplanade Dundee
Received 27 Sept 2022Land To South Of Buttars Road Dundee
Received 22 Sept 2022Land At Former 14 Baird Avenue Dryburgh Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 27 Sept 2022334A Perth Road Dundee DD2 1EQ
Received 27 Sept 20224 The Esplanade Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EL
Received 27 Sept 2022Land To East Of Brownhill Place And North Of Brownhill Street Dundee
Received 22 Sept 202257 - 59 Commercial Street Dundee DD1 2AA
Received 28 Sept 20229 Panmure Street Dundee DD1 2BG
Received 28 Sept 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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