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 Glasgow City. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,251 approved · 300 refused · 173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Nov 2017 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
West Steading 542 Parkhouse Road Glasgow G78 1TE
Received 7 Apr 2025Unit 5 219 Govan Road Glasgow G51 1HJ
Received 7 Apr 20251151 Duke Street Glasgow G31 5NX
Received 7 Apr 2025Oakbank Industrial Estate Block 9 Unit 1 25 Oakbank Street Glasgow G20 7LU
Received 7 Apr 2025168 Buchanan Street City Centre Glasgow G1 2LW
Received 7 Apr 2025Site To The West Of 7 Festival Gate Glasgow
Received 7 Apr 2025119 Weymouth Drive Glasgow G12 0EL
Received 7 Apr 202560 Hillington Road South Glasgow G52 2AA
Received 7 Apr 2025Block 5 Todd Campus 45 Acre Road Glasgow G20 0XA
Received 7 Apr 2025389 Hamilton Road Glasgow G71 7SG
Received 7 Apr 2025Pentagon Business Centre 36 Washington Street Glasgow G3 8AZ
Received 7 Apr 202550 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 6HR
Received 7 Apr 20257 Belhaven Terrace West Lane Glasgow G12 9HH
Received 8 Apr 202528 Moray Place Glasgow G41 2BL
Received 8 Apr 202528 Moray Place Glasgow G41 2BL
Received 8 Apr 2025Flat 1/2 996 Great Western Road Glasgow G12 0NS
Received 7 Apr 2025188 - 190 Byres Road Glasgow
Received 9 Apr 202514 Radiography Road Glasgow G20 9BH
Received 9 Apr 202515 Newark Drive Glasgow G41 4QB
Received 9 Apr 202570 Johnstone Avenue Glasgow G52 4NZ
Received 9 Apr 2025Lethamhill Golf Club 1240 Cumbernauld Road Glasgow G33 1AH
Received 9 Apr 2025STREET RECORD Molendinar Street Glasgow
Received 18 Mar 2025135 Buchanan Street City Centre Glasgow
Received 10 Apr 2025135 Buchanan Street City Centre Glasgow
Received 10 Apr 2025Records 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 Glasgow 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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