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.
10,547 approved · 485 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3 Block 6 Trading Estate Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Glasgow G72 0UP
Received 23 Apr 201929 Cherrytree Wynd East Kilbride G75 0GA
Received 23 Apr 201915 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 24 Apr 201961 Whitlawburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 8HX
Received 24 Apr 2019Land 37M North Of 4 Woodside Crescent Woodside Crescent Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Apr 2019Ground Floor Flat 2 Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PG
Received 24 Apr 2019Wiston Lodge Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6HT
Received 25 Apr 20196 Golf Lane Symington Biggar ML12 6ZN
Received 25 Apr 201931 The Murray Square East Kilbride G75 0BH
Received 25 Apr 20194 Helmsdale Avenue Blantyre G72 9NY
Received 25 Apr 201940 Mill Road Carluke ML8 5AH
Received 25 Apr 2019Old Manse Manse Road Symington Biggar ML12 6LN
Received 25 Apr 201945 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NB
Received 25 Apr 2019Land 60M Southeast Of 19 Waterlands Road Waterlands Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Apr 20191 Bute Gardens Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9HA
Received 23 Apr 2019Land 180M SSW Off Loanend Cottages Loanend Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Apr 20194 Brodie Place East Kilbride G74 4SS
Received 26 Apr 201911 Skipness Avenue Carluke ML8 4LT
Received 26 Apr 201977 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DJ
Received 29 Apr 2019148 Kingsburn Grove Rutherglen G73 2DP
Received 29 Apr 2019South Lodge Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 29 Apr 2019West Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 0QQ
Received 29 Apr 201932 Hollandbush Grove Hamilton ML3 8AL
Received 29 Apr 20197 East Milton Grove East Kilbride G75 8SN
Received 29 Apr 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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