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.
10,386 approved · 482 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Intockhouse Farm Intockhouse Access Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TZ
Received 11 Mar 20193E Macneish Way East Kilbride G74 4TT
Received 11 Mar 2019Hamilton Race Course Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 11 Mar 2019Peel Road Thorntonhall East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 201944 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 11 Mar 2019106 Western Road Cambuslang G72 8EG
Received 11 Mar 201911 Birksburn Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QN
Received 8 Mar 201919 Tarbrax Way Hamilton ML3 9NN
Received 11 Mar 20194 Colvilles Place Kelvin Ind Estate East Kilbride G75 0PZ
Received 11 Mar 2019Trade Team Dale Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DX Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7DX
Received 7 Mar 2019Silverwells Development Silverwells Crescent Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Mar 2019Redsyke Farm Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6HA
Received 11 Mar 201921 High Pleasance Larkhall ML9 2HJ
Received 11 Mar 2019262 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1SR
Received 11 Mar 201912 Strachan Place Blantyre G72 0TD
Received 8 Mar 201952A Wilson Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 12 Mar 2019Land 65M West Of 42 Mill Road Mill Road Thankerton Biggar
Received 12 Mar 201912 Grenadier Park Cambuslang G72 8EP
Received 12 Mar 201911B Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 12 Mar 201950 Castle Wynd Bothwell G71 8TQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Back Hareshaw Farm C138 Hairshaw Highway Strathaven ML10 6QN
Received 12 Mar 2019292 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RP
Received 12 Mar 20192 Aspen Place Strathaven ML10 6PY
Received 12 Mar 20192 Millburn Court East Kilbride G75 8BW
Received 13 Mar 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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