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.
11,938 approved · 514 refused · 667 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Dirleton Avenue Cambuslang G72 8ZB
Received 22 Jul 2020Unit 1A And 1B Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 22 Jul 20206 Crail Close Blantyre G72 0FX
Received 22 Jul 2020West Millrig Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HU
Received 22 Jul 2020Jackton Distillery Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5AN
Received 23 Jul 202077 Shaw Street Larkhall ML9 1PD
Received 23 Jul 202088 Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 23 Jul 202088 Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 23 Jul 202015 Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6BQ
Received 23 Jul 2020213 High Street Biggar ML12 6DJ
Received 23 Jul 2020Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BB
Received 23 Jul 202014 Tiree Grange Hamilton ML3 8BP
Received 23 Jul 2020The Heron Farm Shop Kindrochet High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 23 Jul 2020Machan Vaults 8 Muir Street Larkhall ML9 2BG
Received 23 Jul 20201 Fruin Rise Hamilton ML3 9UY
Received 23 Jul 202015 Elsie Way East Kilbride G75 9LZ
Received 24 Jul 2020Land 80M North Of Meadowfield Farm Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Jul 202017 Garden Street Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LJ
Received 24 Jul 2020Mill Rig Wind Farm Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Jul 202024 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen G73 3QT
Received 24 Jul 2020Land 75M West Of Woodend Cottage Mousebank Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Jul 202031 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 24 Jul 2020South Netherburn Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3DG
Received 27 Jul 2020Auchtygemmel Farmhouse Muirhouse Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 27 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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