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.
10,735 approved · 490 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 16 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Jun 2019Shoulderigg Place Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0FL
Received 21 Jun 201923 Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 21 Jun 201949 Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 21 Jun 2019Springfield Farm Langlees Road Biggar ML12 6NP
Received 21 Jun 2019Land 440M SSW Of Birthwood Farm Birthwood Road Coulter Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jun 2019Land 100M West Of Mcdonalds Dalmarnock Trading Estate Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jun 2019Dalhousie Lindsaylands Road Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6NR
Received 25 Jun 201959 School Street Hamilton ML3 6SD
Received 25 Jun 20191 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 25 Jun 20198 Gardenside Street Uddingston G71 7BY
Received 25 Jun 201961 Calderwood Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3PL
Received 25 Jun 20191 Cityford Drive Rutherglen G73 2QS
Received 24 Jun 201935 North Street Strathaven ML10 6JL
Received 25 Jun 201919 Ladysmith Drive East Kilbride G75 9PF
Received 25 Jun 2019Workshop East Lindsaylands Lindsaylands Road Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jun 20191 John Knox Lane Hamilton ML3 9QW
Received 25 Jun 201945 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen G73 1AA
Received 25 Jun 2019105 Machanhill Larkhall ML9 2JZ
Received 25 Jun 2019POD 2J Land At Newton Farm - POD 2I & 2J Newton Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Jun 2019139 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DB
Received 26 Jun 201912-14 Hunter Street East Kilbride G74 4LZ
Received 26 Jun 20192 Waverley Drive Rutherglen G73 3HZ
Received 26 Jun 2019Land 435M Northwest Of Mount Farm Mount Farm C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 26 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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