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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.
6,852 approved · 406 refused · 640 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Sept 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Anton House Forthill Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 4 Sept 20261 Lethnot Gardens Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 2RH
Received 4 Sept 2026Whitehall House 33 Yeaman Shore Dundee DD1 4BU
Received 4 Sept 2026Liff House 1 South Drive Liff Dundee DD2 5SJ
Received 4 Sept 20262 Lammerton Terrace Dundee DD4 7BW
Received 7 Sept 202618 East Road Liff Dundee DD2 5SN
Received 7 Sept 2026458 Perth Road Dundee DD2 1NG
Received 3 Sept 2026Land At Former Gowriehill Primary School Etive Gardens Dundee
Received 8 Sept 20261 Glenfeshie Road Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 3XB
Received 10 Sept 2026Land To North Of Rosewood Terrace And South Of Briarwood Terrace Dundee
Received 10 Sept 202649 Clepington Road Dundee DD4 7EL
Received 10 Sept 20269 Blaikies Mews Dundee DD3 7UN
Received 10 Sept 202618 Blaikies Mews Dundee DD3 7UN
Received 10 Sept 2026Flat 5 Craigiebarn House 41 - 49 Craigiebarn Road Dundee DD4 7GA
Received 11 Sept 20266 Arnhall Gardens Dundee DD2 1PH
Received 14 Sept 202618 Emmock Woods Drive Dundee DD4 9FD
Received 14 Sept 2026Site At Ellengowan Drive Dundee
Received 15 Sept 2026Former Blackness Nursery Perth Road Dundee
Received 15 Sept 2026Land At 7 Balgowan Drive Dundee
Received 14 Sept 2026Law House 2 Strathmartine Road Dundee DD3 7RJ
Received 15 Sept 202616 Pitkerro Road Dundee DD4 7DG
Received 16 Sept 2026Tree Preservation Order 6/2013 Linlathen Road Broughty Ferry Dundee
Received 16 Sept 2026Carolina House Trust 7 Luna Place Dundee Technology Park Dundee DD2 1XF
Received 16 Sept 2026P S Ridgway Ltd 5 Smeaton Road Gourdie Industrial Estate Dundee DD2 4UT
Received 16 Sept 2026Records 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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