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.
6,364 approved · 389 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bayfield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1AW
Received 29 Jan 2024Unit 3 Block 2 Pearce Avenue West Pitkerro Industrial Estate Dundee DD5 3SS
Received 29 Jan 202425 Cedar Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3BA
Received 29 Jan 202418 Lammerton Terrace Dundee DD4 7BL
Received 29 Jan 202433 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SH
Received 30 Jan 2024Site Of Former 1-3 Hebrides Drive Dundee
Received 30 Jan 2024Site Of Whitfield Primary School Whitfield Drive Dundee
Received 25 Jan 202433 Reform Street Dundee DD1 1SH
Received 30 Jan 202416 Norwood Crescent Dundee DD2 1PD
Received 30 Jan 202432 Seafield Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3AJ
Received 30 Jan 2024Site Of Former Kingspark School Gillburn Road Dundee
Received 31 Jan 202464 Albany Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1NW
Received 30 Jan 2024Lochee Parish Church 1 Coupar Angus Road Dundee DD2 3HG
Received 31 Jan 20242 Cedar Grove Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3BW
Received 31 Jan 202477 St Vincent Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EZ
Received 1 Feb 202477 St Vincent Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2EZ
Received 31 Jan 2024Land To The East Of Peep'o Day Lane And West Of Melville Lane East Dock Street Dundee
Received 1 Feb 202465 Camphill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2LY
Received 1 Feb 202417 Ellieslea Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 1JH
Received 2 Feb 2024Land At Former Tay Rope Works Magdalen Yard Road Dundee
Received 1 Feb 2024Site Of Whitfield Primary School Whitfield Drive Dundee
Received 2 Feb 20247 Farington Terrace Dundee DD2 1LP
Received 5 Feb 2024West Cottage 33 North Balmossie Street Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2PX
Received 5 Feb 202416 Balunie Drive Dundee DD4 8PT
Received 5 Feb 2024Records 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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