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.
10,870 approved · 492 refused · 614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 - 27 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 7 Aug 20191-15 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EX
Received 7 Aug 20197 Manse View Coalburn ML11 0LN
Received 7 Aug 2019Mellon Charles The Glebe Bothwell G71 8AG
Received 7 Aug 201914 Sidlaw Way Larkhall ML9 1US
Received 8 Aug 20199 Crosslaw Gardens Lanark ML11 9DL
Received 8 Aug 20192 Douglas Street Carluke ML8 5BH
Received 7 Aug 201959 County Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DG
Received 8 Aug 20195 Rosemount Crescent Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QN
Received 9 Aug 2019Land 125M South Of 2 Kelvin Park South Kelvin Park South East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Aug 201912 Grenadier Park Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8EP
Received 9 Aug 201921 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0DH
Received 31 Jul 2019249 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0YS
Received 9 Aug 201945 Windward Road East Kilbride G75 8NR
Received 9 Aug 201915 Springburn Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NU
Received 12 Aug 2019Land 48M North Of 5 Bosfield Corner Bosfield Corner East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Aug 2019Area D Site Of Former Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Aug 2019East Kilbride Community Growth Area Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Aug 201922 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1XW
Received 12 Aug 20199 Huntly Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8PU
Received 12 Aug 201958 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 12 Aug 20194 Reid Street Hamilton ML3 0RQ
Received 12 Aug 2019Land 220M ENE Of Kirkland Bridge Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Aug 2019Corra Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TY
Received 13 Aug 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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