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 South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,324 approved · 480 refused · 585 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adjacent To 1 Stephen Avenue Biggar ML12 6AS
Received 7 Feb 2019Land South Of Redwood Crescent And East Of Redwood Drive Redwood Crescent East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Feb 2019Plot 11B Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 2019Plot 11B Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 2019Land 60M Northeast Of 12 Richmond Place Richmond Place Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 2019Proposed Commercial Development At Site Of Former Nursing Home Borland Drive Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 11 Feb 2019Swaites Farm Covington Road Pettinain ML11 8SR
Received 11 Feb 20197 Woodhead Gardens Bothwell G71 8AS
Received 11 Feb 20195 Ivy Place Blantyre G72 9RA
Received 11 Feb 2019Electricity Sub Station Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Feb 20193 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 11 Feb 20194 Waterside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PY
Received 11 Feb 201937 Whiteshaw Drive Carluke ML8 5UL
Received 11 Feb 2019Border Biscuits South Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 12 Feb 201914 Glen Mark East Kilbride G74 3UT
Received 11 Feb 201955 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton ML3 8NX
Received 12 Feb 201912 Woodlands Drive Lanark ML11 9FS
Received 12 Feb 2019Glassford Water Treatment Works Bents And Station Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 12 Feb 2019Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 12 Feb 2019The Village Inn 1-3 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 13 Feb 20191 John Place Larkhall ML9 1PB
Received 13 Feb 20192 Cathkin Braes Reservoir Highflatt Road Clarkston
Received 13 Feb 20196 Milton Street Carluke ML8 5BL
Received 13 Feb 201944 Abbotsford Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EQ
Received 13 Feb 2019Records 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 South Lanarkshire, 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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