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.
13,702 approved · 544 refused · 817 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Greystone Place Strathaven ML10 6NZ
Received 7 Jan 2021Land 33M West Of Medwyn View Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jan 20218 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DP
Received 8 Jan 20213 Woodhead Drive Bothwell G71 8AF
Received 8 Jan 2021291 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RA
Received 8 Jan 2021146 Carnoustie Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TE
Received 8 Jan 202194 Carnoustie Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TE
Received 8 Jan 202110 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BU
Received 8 Jan 2021Land 120M Northeast Of 55 Bothwell Road Bothwell Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jan 20214 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GB
Received 8 Jan 20216 Warwick Grove Hamilton ML3 9HP
Received 11 Jan 202144 Overton Avenue Strathaven ML10 6NR
Received 11 Jan 202129 Croft Road Larkhall ML9 1BH
Received 11 Jan 2021Whitegables 61 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 11 Jan 2021Glengowan Primary School Summerlee Road Larkhall ML9 2UH
Received 11 Jan 2021Land 150M NNW Of Newhouse Farm Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Jan 2021427 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AS
Received 11 Jan 202149 Strathspey Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GN
Received 11 Jan 202121 Balfour Terrace East Kilbride G75 0JQ
Received 11 Jan 202157 Kenshaw Avenue Larkhall ML9 1PW
Received 11 Jan 202176 Kirkhill Gardens Cambuslang G72 8EZ
Received 12 Jan 202172 Dawson Avenue East Kilbride G75 8LH
Received 12 Jan 202110 Barassie East Kilbride G74 4SD
Received 12 Jan 20215 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HX
Received 13 Jan 2021Records 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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