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.
13,840 approved · 547 refused · 826 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Victoria House Pathhead Douglas Lanark ML11 0QJ
Received 19 Feb 20218 Glenlui Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JE
Received 19 Feb 202151 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0BB
Received 19 Feb 20212B Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 22 Feb 20212 Beech Crescent Cambuslang G72 7XX
Received 22 Feb 202116 Elie Road Blantyre G72 0GX
Received 22 Feb 2021100 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BY
Received 22 Feb 202126 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 22 Feb 202136 Laighstonehall Road Hamilton ML3 8NY
Received 22 Feb 2021149 Quebec Drive East Kilbride G75 8BA
Received 22 Feb 202124 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 22 Feb 2021Land 110M Northwest Of Littlepark Cottage Jackton Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Feb 2021Land 63M ESE Of Leaburn House Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Feb 202118 South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PJ
Received 22 Feb 202164 Black Grouse Grove Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GH
Received 22 Feb 20218 Teacher Street Hamilton ML3 8RR
Received 22 Feb 2021Gladstone Borland Cottage Greenshields Road Biggar ML12 6RB
Received 23 Feb 2021The Burrow Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0JA
Received 23 Feb 202116 Shearer Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FX
Received 22 Feb 20213 Wentworth Gardens East Kilbride G74 5PY
Received 22 Feb 20211 Burnock Place East Kilbride G75 8XW
Received 23 Feb 202132 Alwyn Drive East Kilbride G74 4RL
Received 23 Feb 2021Gillburn Grange East Kilbride
Received 23 Feb 20218 Sanquhar Gardens Blantyre G72 9LY
Received 23 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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