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.
11,722 approved · 510 refused · 659 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 35M ESE Of 52 Glebe Street West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jun 2020Birkhill Farm Cottage Birkhill Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NJ
Received 29 Jun 2020Langloch Farm Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 29 Jun 202060 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 29 Jun 20206 Gavel Lane Lanark ML11 9FB
Received 29 Jun 202024 Whiteshaw Avenue Carluke ML8 5DF
Received 30 Jun 202070 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 30 Jun 2020Former Police Station 31 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 30 Jun 202055 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen G73 3PF
Received 30 Jun 2020Press Buildings Campbell Street Hamilton ML3 6AS
Received 30 Jun 2020Plot 7 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jun 2020131 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HP
Received 1 Jul 2020Land 24M WSW Of 231 Stonelaw Road Stonelaw Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jul 2020Land 45M Northeast Of 16 Candytoft Wynd Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jul 2020Land 100M ESE Of 208 Woodland Crescent Auld Kirk Road Cambuslang
Received 1 Jul 202090 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DJ
Received 1 Jul 202010 Newlands Street Lanark ML11 9BD
Received 1 Jul 2020Richland Nursery A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RL
Received 2 Jul 202047 Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 2 Jul 2020Nether Lethame Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 2 Jul 2020Land 75M Southeast Of Rose Cottage B7016 From Carnwath To Biggar Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Jul 20208 Shaw Drive Hamilton ML3 9GE
Received 2 Jul 2020Viewfield Farm Shodshill Road Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Jul 20201 Springbank Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TY
Received 2 Jul 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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