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.
10,891 approved · 493 refused · 615 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Mossdale Gardens Hamilton ML3 8UY
Received 16 Aug 2019Press Buildings Campbell Street Hamilton ML3 6AS
Received 16 Aug 20196 Hamilton Street Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Aug 201912 Kinloch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8QA
Received 19 Aug 201924 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 19 Aug 201949 Armour Court Blantyre G72 9TS
Received 19 Aug 201921 Harrowslaw Drive Hamilton ML3 8SL
Received 19 Aug 20191 Harlequin Court Hamilton ML3 8SW
Received 19 Aug 201914 Foinavon Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XT
Received 19 Aug 2019Ladywell 21 Heather Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JG
Received 19 Aug 2019Avonclyde House Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6SG
Received 19 Aug 20194 Rowan Court Cambuslang G72 7FX
Received 20 Aug 201912 West Avenue Carluke ML8 5AE
Received 20 Aug 2019Land At Brackenhill Farm (Area D) Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 20191 Shoulderigg Place Coalburn Lanark ML11 0FL
Received 21 Aug 201916 Menteith Place Rutherglen G73 5RQ
Received 21 Aug 2019Sandyholm Nursery A72 From Kirkfieldbank To Hamilton Crossford ML8 5QF
Received 21 Aug 2019Back Hareshaw Farm C138 Hairshaw Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6QN
Received 21 Aug 20199 Lawhill Road Law Carluke ML8 5JQ
Received 21 Aug 201962 - 64 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AU
Received 21 Aug 201962 - 64 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AU
Received 21 Aug 2019Sainsburys 3 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4UN
Received 20 Aug 20198 Moffat Court East Kilbride G75 8PJ
Received 21 Aug 2019Brae Farm A726 From Strathaven To Chapelton Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 21 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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