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.
11,944 approved · 515 refused · 667 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 27 Jul 202047 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 27 Jul 202023 Colliehill Road Biggar ML12 6PN
Received 27 Jul 20205 Craigenhill Park Drive Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4SD
Received 27 Jul 202015 Lavender Lane Carluke ML8 5TA
Received 27 Jul 202016 Rutherford Square East Kilbride G75 0JL
Received 27 Jul 20201-1 277 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RN
Received 27 Jul 2020Land At Redwood Crescent East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 202023 Ionia Grove East Kilbride G75 9FN
Received 27 Jul 202022 Beech Crescent Cambuslang G72 7XX
Received 28 Jul 202036 Bancroft Avenue East Kilbride G75 9BQ
Received 28 Jul 202013 Southern Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JN
Received 28 Jul 202011 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BU
Received 28 Jul 2020Pentland Reach - Residential Development Edinburgh Road Biggar
Received 28 Jul 20209 Scholars Wynd Hamilton ML3 8RE
Received 28 Jul 202087 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HU
Received 28 Jul 20207 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 28 Jul 2020Whitefield 1 Berelands Place Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Jul 202010 Righead Gate East Kilbride G74 1LS
Received 29 Jul 2020Kilmallie 28 Fairlie East Kilbride G74 4SE
Received 29 Jul 202034 Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AZ
Received 29 Jul 20205 Oudenarde Court Carluke ML8 4RG
Received 29 Jul 202012 Elmbank Lesmahagow ML11 0EA
Received 29 Jul 2020Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BB
Received 29 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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