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.
13,774 approved · 545 refused · 817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Quarry Carscallan Farm Carscallan Road Hamilton
Received 5 Feb 2021Queensway North Service Station Queensway East Kilbride G74 1HE
Received 5 Feb 202127 Woodburn Avenue Blantyre
Received 5 Feb 20212 Brightside Avenue Uddingston G71 7NF
Received 5 Feb 202111 Farm Terrace Hamilton ML3 9LE
Received 5 Feb 202138 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 8 Feb 20217 Culross Place East Kilbride G74 1HY
Received 8 Feb 20212 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 8 Feb 2021Land 28M Ene Of Viewfield Cottage Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 202125 Hairmyres Park East Kilbride G75 8SS
Received 8 Feb 2021Plot 2 Springbank House West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 20219 Glen More East Kilbride G74 2AP
Received 5 Feb 202174 Pine Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TZ
Received 5 Feb 202112 Baird Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall ML9 2PJ
Received 8 Feb 202199 Glasgow Road Cambuslang G72 7DW
Received 8 Feb 202110 Balvaird Drive Rutherglen G73 2PX
Received 8 Feb 20211 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 9 Feb 202112 Windmill Road Hamilton ML3 6LU
Received 9 Feb 202130 Burns Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9QS
Received 9 Feb 20211 Ashley Drive Bothwell G71 8BS
Received 8 Feb 20216 Hepburn Hill Hamilton ML3 8AU
Received 9 Feb 202112 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AS
Received 8 Feb 202135 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0BU
Received 9 Feb 2021Mousemill Cottage Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UG
Received 9 Feb 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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