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.
6,269 approved · 382 refused · 608 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 High Street Dundee DD1 1SZ
Received 3 Jul 202324 High Street Dundee DD1 1SZ
Received 3 Jul 20233 Gillies Terrace Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3LF
Received 3 Jul 20231 Reres Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2QA
Received 30 Jun 2023288 Brook Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2AP
Received 3 Jul 2023435B Brook Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2DX
Received 3 Jul 20231 New Craigie Road New Craigie Retail Park Dundee DD4 7FF
Received 3 Jul 2023Fomer Unit 7 The Stack Leisure Park Harefield Road Dundee DD2 3XN
Received 4 Jul 202343 - 45 Grove Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JN
Received 4 Jul 202310 Fairfield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1PQ
Received 5 Jul 202312 Cedar Grove Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3BW
Received 6 Jul 2023Advertising Station Site 68020293 Cowgate Dundee
Received 6 Jul 2023Land At Former Stewart House Kingsway East Dundee
Received 10 Jul 2023Caird Rest 172 Nethergate Dundee DD1 4HN
Received 11 Jul 2023Caird Rest 172 Nethergate Dundee DD1 4HN
Received 11 Jul 202310 Fairfield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1PQ
Received 12 Jul 2023Land To The East Of Peep'o Day Lane And West Of Melville Lane East Dock Street Dundee
Received 12 Jul 2023Land To The East Of Peep'o Day Lane And West Of Melville Lane East Dock Street Dundee
Received 13 Jul 2023Downfield Golf Club Turnberry Avenue Dundee DD2 3QP
Received 13 Jul 202397 High Street Lochee Dundee DD2 3BX
Received 13 Jul 2023ATM Site Balfour Street Dundee
Received 13 Jul 2023Land To West Of Broomhill Road Dunsinane Industrial Estate Dundee
Received 13 Jul 20232/2 10 Garland Place Barrack Road Dundee DD3 6HE
Received 13 Jul 2023Land To North Of 13A Ash Street And South Of Lochee Road Dundee
Received 13 Jul 2023Records 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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