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.
10,586 approved · 485 refused · 596 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ardochrig Farm Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0QN
Received 26 Apr 2019Land 42M Southeast Of 73 Cruachan Road Cruachan Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 May 201964-68 Burnbank Centre Hamilton ML3 0NA
Received 3 May 201964-68 Burnbank Centre Hamilton ML3 0NA
Received 3 May 20198 Kairnhill Court Lanark ML11 9HU
Received 6 May 201910 Millheugh Larkhall ML9 1QU
Received 6 May 2019Land 45M Northwest Of 291 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 6 May 2019178 Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 9AT
Received 6 May 201934 Mansefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NZ
Received 7 May 201917 Elder Drive Cambuslang G72 7GY
Received 7 May 201916 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PY
Received 7 May 201922 Braefoot Court Law Carluke ML8 5HY
Received 7 May 2019Proposed Residential Development At Muirhead Drive Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5FB
Received 29 Apr 2019Land To The Rear Of 37 Allendale East Kilbride G74 4JD
Received 7 May 20192 Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6EQ
Received 7 May 201989 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4AU
Received 1 May 201928 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EQ
Received 7 May 201910 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2UB
Received 8 May 201927 Albert Drive Rutherglen G73 3RT
Received 8 May 20192 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 8 May 2019Gillfoot Nursery Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 8 May 201928 Howieshill Avenue Cambuslang G72 8PL
Received 8 May 2019Open View Tarbrax Road Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XA
Received 8 May 2019120 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EW
Received 8 May 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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