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.
10,613 approved · 485 refused · 598 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Arandail 23A Glasgow Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RS
Received 10 May 201911 Braefoot Court Law Carluke ML8 5HY
Received 13 May 20191 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 13 May 2019Tesco 1 Hallside Court Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7FB
Received 13 May 20192 Howacre Lanark ML11 7PL
Received 13 May 20193 Waterlands Gardens Carluke ML8 4EX
Received 8 May 201910 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang G72 8JU
Received 13 May 2019212 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HP
Received 13 May 2019212 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HP
Received 13 May 20197 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 13 May 20196 Paxton Court East Kilbride G74 4GG
Received 13 May 201954 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride G75 0TY
Received 14 May 20194 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DP
Received 14 May 20192 Mansfield Drive Uddingston G71 7BG
Received 14 May 201915 Dunavon Park Strathaven ML10 6LP
Received 9 May 201912 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 14 May 201920 Glen Dessary East Kilbride G74 2AQ
Received 14 May 201930 Dalwhinnie Avenue Blantyre G72 9NJ
Received 14 May 201962 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 9 May 2019Land 130M North Of Greenacres Access For Kersewell College From A70 To Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark
Received 14 May 201972 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 11 May 2019Plot 5 Middlebank Ayr Road Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 May 2019166 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DB
Received 15 May 201946 Oak Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GT
Received 15 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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