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.
10,981 approved · 496 refused · 619 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 11 Sept 2019Land At Rosehill Farm Greenrig Road Hawksland Lanark ML11 9QA
Received 11 Sept 2019Murray House The Murray Road East Kilbride G75 0JY
Received 11 Sept 20194 Dukes Gate Bothwell G71 8SN
Received 12 Sept 201912 Cullin Park Grove Strathaven ML10 6EN
Received 11 Sept 20198 And 9 Avonside Grove Hamilton ML3 7DL
Received 12 Sept 201955 Cairns Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8PZ
Received 12 Sept 201942 Overtoun Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2QE
Received 12 Sept 2019Broadlees Golf Driving Range Anderson Drive Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6GH
Received 12 Sept 2019Plumb Centre Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9BQ
Received 12 Sept 2019Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club 21-23 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QE
Received 12 Sept 20198 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NP
Received 13 Sept 20193 Glenburn Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7AP
Received 13 Sept 201915 Alison Lea East Kilbride G74 3HN
Received 12 Sept 2019Land Adjcent To 4 Hurlawcrook Drive East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0ZU
Received 13 Sept 2019Albany Drive Lanark
Received 13 Sept 2019Duchess Nina Care Home 13 Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XA
Received 13 Sept 2019Unit 1 William Armstrong Centre Goldie Road Bothwell Pk Ind Est Uddingston G71 6PB
Received 11 Sept 20193 Sandhead Road Strathaven ML10 6HX
Received 16 Sept 201932 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre G72 9RP
Received 16 Sept 20197 Central Court Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8FA
Received 16 Sept 20194 Marlborough Park East Kilbride G75 8PS
Received 16 Sept 2019Millholm Wiston Biggar ML12 6HU
Received 16 Sept 201915 Lilybank Street Hamilton ML3 6NN
Received 13 Sept 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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