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.
11,931 approved · 513 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm
Received 15 Jul 20204 Pierowall Court Strathaven ML10 6FR
Received 15 Jul 202029 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HE
Received 15 Jul 202021 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 15 Jul 202074 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 16 Jul 20209 St Ninians Place Hamilton ML3 9TT
Received 16 Jul 20208 Academy Street Larkhall ML9 2BJ
Received 16 Jul 202025 Aitken Road Hamilton ML3 7YA
Received 16 Jul 202021 Green Street Bothwell G71 8AB
Received 16 Jul 2020Browns Bridge Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jul 202050 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BS
Received 17 Jul 202011 Cleghorn Terrace Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SJ
Received 17 Jul 2020102 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride G75 0EN
Received 20 Jul 202015 Shieldhill East Kilbride G75 0PA
Received 20 Jul 2020Hunterlees House Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TS
Received 20 Jul 2020West Mains Farm A721 From Carnwath To A702 Melbourne Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NB
Received 20 Jul 2020Lintmill Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 20 Jul 20205 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 20 Jul 20202 Bennan Place East Kilbride G75 9NR
Received 20 Jul 202021 Arran Gardens Hamilton ML3 7NZ
Received 21 Jul 2020Smithstone House Udston Mill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3FL
Received 21 Jul 2020Unit A Watt Place Hamilton International Tech Park Blantyre G72 0AH
Received 21 Jul 202025 Lanrigg View Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3HS
Received 21 Jul 20206 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall ML9 2UB
Received 21 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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