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.
10,881 approved · 493 refused · 614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
90 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HX
Received 13 Aug 201937 Larchfield Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4HA
Received 13 Aug 201921 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 13 Aug 2019KFC Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 13 Aug 2019Site Of Former House 4B Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 13 Aug 20197 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 13 Aug 201935 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RG
Received 13 Aug 20197 Belmont Avenue Uddingston G71 7AX
Received 13 Aug 2019Bothwell Castle Care Home 35 Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7HA
Received 13 Aug 2019Plot 3 Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6TS
Received 13 Aug 2019Land 100M Southwest Of Herons Rise Access For Kersewell College From A70 To Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark
Received 14 Aug 2019Bonnet Knowe Nursery Covington Road Thankerton Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Aug 201946 Neilvaig Drive Rutherglen G73 4HQ
Received 15 Aug 20199 Union Street Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3LF
Received 14 Aug 20192 Huntlybank Steadings Huntlybank Lane Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7FE
Received 14 Aug 2019Plots 7 And 8 Muirhouse Lane Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Aug 2019348 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen G73 2BX
Received 15 Aug 201991 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QE
Received 15 Aug 2019228 Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RH
Received 15 Aug 2019228 Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RH
Received 15 Aug 2019Draffanmarshill Draffan Road Lanark
Received 15 Aug 20194 Stanley Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0BN
Received 16 Aug 201914 Huntly Drive Cambuslang G72 8PU
Received 16 Aug 20193 Beechwood Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PG
Received 16 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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