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.
10,437 approved · 484 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Lodge Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 29 Mar 20192A Braidwood Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RD
Received 29 Mar 201918 Mansefield Crescent Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SB
Received 29 Mar 201925 Inch Keith East Kilbride G74 2JZ
Received 26 Mar 2019KFC Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 25 Mar 2019Cambuslang Parish Church Kirkhill Building Cairns Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8PX
Received 1 Apr 201938 Tom McCabe Gardens Hamilton ML3 6LW
Received 1 Apr 2019Plot 13 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Apr 2019Netherfield House Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0NQ
Received 1 Apr 201919 Millburn Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AR
Received 1 Apr 2019Park House Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6ND
Received 26 Mar 20192 Livingstone Gardens Larkhall ML9 2EG
Received 27 Mar 2019Former Glengowan Primary School Academy Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Mar 201915 Silverdale Crescent Lanark ML11 9HW
Received 1 Apr 201929 Highfield Road Larkhall ML9 2JD
Received 1 Apr 20194 Wardlaw Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PX
Received 1 Apr 20194 Curfew Place Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XX
Received 2 Apr 201925 Douglas Street Hamilton ML3 0BP
Received 2 Apr 201927 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 2 Apr 2019The Latches Blackwood Estate Access For Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 2 Apr 2019148 Falkland Drive East Kilbride G74 1EN
Received 2 Apr 201935 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BP
Received 2 Apr 2019Laigh Brownmuir House Bents And Station Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 27 Mar 20199 Pretoria Court East Kilbride G75 9PE
Received 28 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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