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.
11,953 approved · 515 refused · 669 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Sidlaw Way Larkhall ML9 1US
Received 30 Jul 2020205 Westburn Road Cambuslang G72 7TB
Received 30 Jul 202010 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 30 Jul 202054 Lammermoor East Kilbride G74 3SE
Received 30 Jul 202010 Grenadier Park Cambuslang G72 8EP
Received 30 Jul 202014 Bale Avenue Cambuslang G72 6ZP
Received 30 Jul 2020Land 100M North Of 1 Blueknowes Road Blueknowes Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Jul 2020Land 22M Northeast Of 31 Summerlee Road Summerlee Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Jul 202017 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8RZ
Received 31 Jul 202038 Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DP
Received 31 Jul 202016 Wildcat Drive Cambuslang G72 6AR
Received 3 Aug 202025 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 3 Aug 20202 Waverley Drive Rutherglen G73 3HZ
Received 3 Aug 20204 Newfield Crescent Hamilton ML3 9DS
Received 3 Aug 202013 Glen Gairn East Kilbride G74 2JG
Received 3 Aug 2020Land 24M Southeast Of 152 Covington Road Covington Road Thankerton Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Aug 20205 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DD
Received 4 Aug 202062 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XL
Received 4 Aug 202016A Kirk Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LR
Received 4 Aug 202016 Flemington Avenue Strathaven ML10 6FJ
Received 4 Aug 20202 Livingstone Crescent East Kilbride G75 0ER
Received 4 Aug 202018 Sycamore Drive Hamilton ML3 7HF
Received 4 Aug 20203 Mccallum Place East Kilbride G74 4SL
Received 4 Aug 202036 Main Street Bothwell G71 8EX
Received 4 Aug 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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