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.
10,401 approved · 482 refused · 588 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 13 Mar 20192 Torrance Court East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0RU
Received 13 Mar 201943 Mansefield Crescent Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SB
Received 12 Mar 2019Land Adjacent To Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0BB
Received 12 Mar 201952 Main Street Bothwell G71 8EX
Received 13 Mar 2019Plot 11 Kersewell Estate A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Mar 2019Plot 12 Kersewell Estate Carnwath Lanark
Received 12 Mar 2019East Law Farm Lawhill Road Law ML8 5EZ
Received 11 Mar 2019Bogside Farm Bogside Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3DN
Received 14 Mar 2019Bogside Farm Bogside Road Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3DN
Received 14 Mar 201917 Penfold Crescent East Kilbride G75 8AJ
Received 14 Mar 201922 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 14 Mar 201989 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 14 Mar 2019Glenmore Cartside Highway Thorntonhall G74 5AD
Received 14 Mar 20196 Cartier Court Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GN
Received 14 Mar 20196 Dalziel Grove Cambuslang G72 7UY
Received 15 Mar 201919A Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 13 Mar 201924 Tantallon Park East Kilbride G74 1DU
Received 15 Mar 201989 Scalloway Road Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8QF
Received 15 Mar 2019Greenhill Farm Greenrig Road Hawksland Lanark ML11 9QB
Received 18 Mar 2019Craighead Garage Carlisle Road Lesmahagow ML11 0HU
Received 18 Mar 2019Annabella Nursery A72 From Kirkfieldbank To Hamilton Crossford Carluke ML8 5QF
Received 18 Mar 201914 Penfold Crescent East Kilbride South Lanarkshire G75 8AJ
Received 18 Mar 2019Carluke High Mill Chapel Street Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 4BD
Received 18 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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