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.
10,658 approved · 487 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 1400M Northweast Of Fallside Farm C17 From B7055 At Sornfalla To Roberton A73 Roberton Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 29 May 2019Uddingston Police Station 1 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7HF
Received 29 May 2019Crawfordjohn Church Manse Road Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6SS
Received 29 May 20191 Hunters Crescent East Kilbride G74 3HY
Received 30 May 20192 Woodview Terrace Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 9DP
Received 30 May 201975 Main Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8ER
Received 30 May 201932 Hill Street Larkhall ML9 2HA
Received 30 May 201932 Calderwood Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3HE
Received 30 May 201930 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EF
Received 30 May 201928 William Grange Thorntonhall G74 5DF
Received 30 May 20191 Moravia Avenue Bothwell G71 8QA
Received 30 May 2019Greenshield House Wester Yardhouses Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8LH
Received 29 May 2019331 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AH
Received 31 May 201989 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 31 May 201910 Gordon Terrace Blantyre G72 9NA
Received 31 May 2019Peel Farm Holdings Peel Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5AG
Received 31 May 20199 Campbell Place East Kilbride G75 0HD
Received 31 May 2019Plot 7 Proposed Residential Development - 90M North Of Millburn Glen Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 31 May 2019Land At Site Of Former St Josephs Primary School Joanna Terrace Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Jun 2019Tigh Na Bruich Braehead Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AQ
Received 3 Jun 20194 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7JD
Received 3 Jun 2019Avonclyde House Bents Road Chapelton ML10 6SG
Received 3 Jun 2019102 Applegate Drive East Kilbride G75 9FG
Received 3 Jun 20195 Duncanrig Crescent East Kilbride G75 8FL
Received 3 Jun 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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