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.
11,629 approved · 507 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 40M Northeast Of 203 Mill Road Mill Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jun 2020Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 8 Jun 2020East Kilbride Community Growth Area Jackton Road Jackton
Received 8 Jun 20204 Laverockhall Lanark ML11 7HZ
Received 8 Jun 202041 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 8 Jun 2020Riverside 1 Woodhead Drive Bothwell G71 8AF
Received 8 Jun 2020121 Lanark Road Burnfoot Lanark ML11 9LG
Received 9 Jun 20206 Ross Terrace Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UD
Received 9 Jun 202014 Kirk Bauk Symington Biggar ML12 6LB
Received 9 Jun 20201 Stirling Drive Hamilton ML3 9HL
Received 9 Jun 202022 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JX
Received 10 Jun 202069 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FG
Received 10 Jun 202011 Wellmeadows Lane Hamilton ML3 8LS
Received 10 Jun 2020Rail Bridge UB030/257 At Evan Water B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jun 202054 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JS
Received 10 Jun 2020Stanmore Farm St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7RS
Received 10 Jun 2020103 Neuk Drive East Kilbride G74 4FH
Received 11 Jun 2020Whitemoss Cottage Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 3ED
Received 11 Jun 2020Ferniegair Waste Water Treatment Works Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 20205 Threshold East Kilbride G74 4HN
Received 11 Jun 2020142 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3JA
Received 11 Jun 202018 Jedburgh Place East Kilbride G74 4EH
Received 12 Jun 202099 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6ES
Received 12 Jun 2020Wester Yardhouses Wester Yardhouses Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 12 Jun 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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