Hunters Cabins Justinhaugh Forfar Data via plota.co.uk

25/00524/FULL - Full Local Application Approved

Proposal

Retrospective planning permission for ground works including alterations to railway embankment, alterations to existing access track and vehicular access, formation of hardstanding areas and access tracks, installation of foul drainage system and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Sept 2025
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Validated
23 Apr 2026
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Consultation
27 Apr 2026
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Committee
9 Jun 2026
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Approved
9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Angus Development Standards Committee on 9 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the works improved an existing tourism facility without unacceptable impacts on amenity, heritage, infrastructure, flooding or road safety.
  • The community council objected over completed works, access, drainage and limited economic benefit; no individual representation letters were received.
  • The committee approved the application for the stated reason and subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Angus's committee minutes of 9 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 1

Special area of conservation about 97 m away: River South Esk
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Angus
Application type
Full Local Application
Postcode
DD8 3SD
Received
24 Sept 2025
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Kirriemuir & Dean
Parish
Kirriemuir Landward East
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jun 2026
Decision
approved
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Arcbuild Collective Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 11 days faster than Angus's median of 58 for full applications. Approved, as 97% of full applications here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
245decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Angus in the last twelve months, from validation. Angus decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
100667632-002
Neighbours
24 Apr 2026
Consultation
27 Apr 2026
Comments by
11 May 2026
Site or press notice
1 May 2026
Committee
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No