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.
10,409 approved · 482 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8A Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TA
Received 18 Mar 201921 Cleghorn Lea Lanark ML11 7NX
Received 18 Mar 20195 Westoun Steading Westoun Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0FW
Received 18 Mar 2019145 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9BG
Received 18 Mar 20197 Hume Drive Uddingston G71 7DW
Received 18 Mar 201916 Gibbon Crescent East Kilbride G74 3HU
Received 18 Mar 2019Land 43M ENE Of 45 Thornton Road Thornton Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Mar 2019Site Of Former St Charles Primary School Newton Brae Cambuslang Glasgow
Received 19 Mar 2019Almada Lodge Building Design Centre 125 Muir Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6BJ
Received 19 Mar 2019160 Auchinraith Road Blantyre G72 0XS
Received 19 Mar 2019Halfmerkland Farm C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0HP
Received 19 Mar 2019Glaikhead Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0NF
Received 20 Mar 201940 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 20 Mar 201911 Austine Drive Hamilton ML3 7YE
Received 20 Mar 2019122 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8BS
Received 21 Mar 201924 Herbison Court Larkhall ML9 2BF
Received 21 Mar 20195 Beauly Avenue Strathaven ML10 6FE
Received 21 Mar 201980 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 21 Mar 2019Reynolds Building Reynolds Avenue Scottish Enterprise Tech Park East Kilbride G75 0AF
Received 22 Mar 2019James Young Building Reynolds Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QF
Received 22 Mar 201923 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 22 Mar 2019Land Opposite 10 Todshill Street Strathaven ML10 6DD
Received 22 Mar 201946 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GJ
Received 22 Mar 201944-46 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 19 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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