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.
13,828 approved · 547 refused · 823 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TD
Received 15 Feb 202126 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 16 Feb 2021Greens Farm Greens Road Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NB
Received 16 Feb 202157 Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RY
Received 16 Feb 202112 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 16 Feb 202127 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 17 Feb 202113 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BU
Received 17 Feb 202111 Townhead Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EL
Received 17 Feb 202110 Ardlui Gardens Hamilton ML3 8QJ
Received 17 Feb 2021Water Filter Station Station Road Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Feb 20217 Aitken Road Hamilton ML3 7YA
Received 17 Feb 202116 Gilderdale East Kilbride G74 4NJ
Received 17 Feb 2021Land 150M South Of 110 Hagholm Road Hagholm Road Cleghorn Lanark
Received 17 Feb 20213 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 17 Feb 20213 Albert Drive Rutherglen G73 3RT
Received 17 Feb 202135 Stuart Drive Lanark ML11 7HF
Received 18 Feb 202138 Medwin Gardens East Kilbride G75 8JZ
Received 17 Feb 20218 Jura Gardens Larkhall ML9 2JS
Received 18 Feb 2021Hooklaw Farm Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 18 Feb 2021Plot E Rutherglen Links Business Park Cambuslang Road Glasgow
Received 18 Feb 202165 Manse View Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LN
Received 19 Feb 2021Kirkfield House Kirkfield Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 19 Feb 20212 Scholars Court Uddingston G71 7BN
Received 19 Feb 2021Heathland Wind Farm A706 From Forth To Northern Boundary Wilsontown Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 19 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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