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.
11,375 approved · 502 refused · 638 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Whinfell Drive East Kilbride G75 8YJ
Received 10 Feb 202011 Victoria Avenue Carluke ML8 5AG
Received 11 Feb 2020Wyndales Toll Cottage St Johns Kirk Symington Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6JU
Received 11 Feb 2020Ground Floor Flat 15 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6AB
Received 11 Feb 2020Land Adjacent To 99 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark
Received 11 Feb 202084 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AJ
Received 12 Feb 202011 Osprey Lane Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GB
Received 12 Feb 20201 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 12 Feb 2020Beannachd Crookedshields Road East Kilbride G74 4PE
Received 12 Feb 2020Land 46M East Of Inver Cottage Carmunnock Road Clarkston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Feb 202016 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston G71 7HG
Received 12 Feb 2020Land 85M ENE Of Jackton Cottage Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Feb 2020Hamilton Rugby Club Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PU
Received 12 Feb 202032 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 13 Feb 202013 Kinloch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8QA
Received 13 Feb 2020Kersewell Mains Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LG
Received 13 Feb 2020Newcross Centre Lamb Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 202024 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XL
Received 13 Feb 202010 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JW
Received 14 Feb 202011 Kirkhope Place Carluke ML8 5GN
Received 14 Feb 202041 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 14 Feb 20207 Vaderland Grove Larkhall ML9 2FQ
Received 14 Feb 202010 Maggie Lawson Court Uddingston G71 7FB
Received 14 Feb 2020204 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9NS
Received 14 Feb 2020Records 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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