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.
2,755 approved · 378 refused · 227 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Nov 2017 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Outside 106 Waterloo Street Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Site Outside 646 Cathcart Road Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Site Outside 646 Cathcart Road Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Site Bounded By Cheapside Street/Piccadilly Street/Warroch Street/ Anderston Quay Glasgow
Received 30 Jul 2026Flat 2/1 124 Novar Drive Glasgow G12 9SY
Received 3 Aug 2026Site Outside 247 Newlands Road Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Site Outside 247 Newlands Road Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Pavillion 97 Haggs Road Glasgow G41 4RD
Received 3 Aug 2026Flat 1/1 36 Willowbank Street Glasgow G3 6LZ
Received 3 Aug 20261 West Regent Street Glasgow G2 1RW
Received 3 Aug 20263 - 21 St Lukes Terrace/19 St Lukes Place Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 2026Flat 0/1 5 Crown Circus Glasgow G12 9HB
Received 3 Aug 2026Flat Basement/1 151 Broomhill Drive Glasgow G11 7ND
Received 3 Aug 2026158 Buchanan Street City Centre Glasgow G1 2LL
Received 3 Aug 2026Site In The Car Park To The Rear Of 30 Gleddoch Road Glasgow
Received 3 Aug 202650 Moray Place Glasgow G41 2DF
Received 4 Aug 202648 Melville Street Glasgow G41 2JT
Received 4 Aug 202628 Tunnel Street Glasgow G3 8HL
Received 4 Aug 2026Flat 0/1 27 Westbourne Gardens Glasgow G12 9PE
Received 4 Aug 2026Flat 0/1 27 Westbourne Gardens Glasgow G12 9PE
Received 4 Aug 20265 Athole Gardens Glasgow G12 9AY
Received 4 Aug 2026Unit 93 Silverburn Shopping Centre 763 Barrhead Road Glasgow G53 6AG
Received 4 Aug 2026199 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4HU
Received 4 Aug 2026Site Formerly Known As 334 Victoria Road Glasgow
Received 4 Aug 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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