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.
2,567 approved · 350 refused · 204 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Nov 2017 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Opposite 12 Bellshaugh Court Glasgow
Received 1 Jun 2026Site At Overnewton Place Glasgow
Received 1 Jun 20268 Rhindmuir Drive Glasgow G69 6ND
Received 1 Jun 202694 Rhindmuir Road Glasgow G69 6AU
Received 1 Jun 20263 Forties Gardens Glasgow G46 8JJ
Received 1 Jun 2026Former Sun Life Building 42 Renfield Street/117 - 121 West George Street Glasgow
Received 2 Jun 2026101 Menock Road Glasgow G44 5SD
Received 2 Jun 2026160 Bothwell Street Glasgow
Received 2 Jun 2026Land Bounded By Shapinsay St/Scaraway St/Vallay St/ Egilsay Street Glasgow
Received 2 Jun 2026131 Abbeyhill Street Glasgow G32 6HR
Received 2 Jun 202612 Kinalty Road Glasgow G44 3DE
Received 2 Jun 2026Site To The North Of 267 Whitehill Street On Alexandra Parade Glasgow
Received 2 Jun 202638 Dalziel Drive Glasgow G41 4HY
Received 3 Jun 202638 Dalziel Drive Glasgow G41 4HY
Received 3 Jun 202625 Sanquhar Road Glasgow G53 7FU
Received 3 Jun 202666 - 68 Howard Street Glasgow
Received 3 Jun 20264 Melrose Street Glasgow G4 9BJ
Received 3 Jun 202666 - 68 Howard Street Glasgow
Received 3 Jun 2026Site Outside 92 Argyle Street Glasgow
Received 4 Jun 2026Shipyard 1048 Govan Road Glasgow G51 4XP
Received 4 Jun 20267 Quarryknowe Street Glasgow G31 5LT
Received 4 Jun 2026261 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3EZ
Received 4 Jun 20261683 London Road Glasgow G32 8TU
Received 4 Jun 20263 Professors Square Glasgow
Received 4 Jun 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 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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