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.
10,723 approved · 489 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 610M Northeast Of Poniel Farm B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jun 201934 Old Mill Road Uddingston G71 7HH
Received 18 Jun 201955 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4JD
Received 18 Jun 201921 Burns Wynd Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3DU
Received 18 Jun 2019Waterbank Farm Westerfield Road Carmunnock Glasgow G76 9HS
Received 17 Jun 201911A Annan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8XP
Received 18 Jun 2019South Hill Of Dripps Cottage Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AW
Received 18 Jun 2019120 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HR
Received 19 Jun 2019Crooklands Farm Haywood Road Forth ML11 8ES
Received 19 Jun 2019Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Jun 201935 Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BA
Received 19 Jun 2019154A Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EL
Received 19 Jun 2019Land 48M Wnw Of Cultyre Hartree Entries Road Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Jun 2019Lower Johnshill Auchlochan Stockbriggs From New Trows (c13) To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0GS
Received 20 Jun 201928 Brora Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LF
Received 20 Jun 2019High Cleughearn Fishery Meadowhead Highway East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Jun 2019123 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EL
Received 20 Jun 20197 Skellyton Crescent Larkhall ML9 2PT
Received 20 Jun 201924 Glassford Road Strathaven ML10 6LL
Received 20 Jun 201923 Camelon Crescent Blantyre G72 0BB
Received 18 Jun 2019272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SB
Received 21 Jun 2019Clydesbank St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 21 Jun 20197 Douglas Drive Cambuslang G72 8NG
Received 21 Jun 201999 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 21 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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