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.
10,705 approved · 488 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Dee Place East Kilbride G75 8RZ
Received 10 Jun 201943 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 0DP
Received 10 Jun 20192 Waterfall Meadows Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7TF
Received 10 Jun 2019North Quarter Farm Sunnyside Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XQ
Received 7 Jun 201972 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LJ
Received 7 Jun 2019Building Adjacent To Lavender Cottage Lesmahagow Road Strathaven ML10 6BZ
Received 10 Jun 201928 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 4UX
Received 11 Jun 201937 Greenrig Uddingston G71 7TD
Received 11 Jun 201930 Galston Court Hamilton ML3 7YH
Received 11 Jun 201914 Melrose Avenue Rutherglen G73 3BS
Received 12 Jun 2019Land 50M East Of 10 Woodhall Road Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Jun 2019Mansewood House Mansewood Wilsontown Road Wilsontown Lanark ML11 8EP
Received 13 Jun 20195 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JA
Received 13 Jun 201935 Copperwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 0RL
Received 13 Jun 2019131 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8AH
Received 13 Jun 2019Land 100M ENE Of East Windyedge Lethame Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Jun 2019Big Bird Nursery 51 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 14 Jun 2019Hazeldean House Foulmyres Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PB
Received 14 Jun 2019Hazeldean House Foulmyres Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PB
Received 14 Jun 2019Claremont Lodge 24 Auchingramont Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6JT
Received 17 Jun 20197 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 17 Jun 2019133 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 17 Jun 20191-3 7 Kirkwood Street Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2SJ
Received 17 Jun 201927 Southhill Avenue Rutherglen G73 3TB
Received 18 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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