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.
11,963 approved · 515 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
261 Castlemilk Road Rutherglen G44 4LE
Received 5 Aug 2020261 Castlemilk Road Rutherglen G44 4LE
Received 5 Aug 2020Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0BU
Received 5 Aug 2020Block 7 South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0XB
Received 5 Aug 2020Plots 41 & 45 Goremire Road Carluke
Received 5 Aug 20205 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 5 Aug 20208 Wardrop Place East Kilbride G74 4DX
Received 6 Aug 2020Hamilton Palace Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 6 Aug 2020Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark
Received 6 Aug 202067 Falkland Drive East Kilbride G74 1JE
Received 7 Aug 202024 Miller Street Larkhall ML9 2HL
Received 7 Aug 202020 Victoria Road Rutherglen G73 3QG
Received 10 Aug 20202 Baron Todd Road Strathaven ML10 6GQ
Received 10 Aug 20203 Cleghorn Drive Lanark ML11 7QZ
Received 10 Aug 202030 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NE
Received 10 Aug 202038A Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RY
Received 10 Aug 202060 Victoria Street Larkhall ML9 2BL
Received 11 Aug 20202 Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 11 Aug 20201 Crosslaw Avenue Lanark ML11 9AY
Received 11 Aug 2020Crossbank Livery Centre Blair Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QN
Received 11 Aug 202026 Harrowslaw Drive Hamilton ML3 8SL
Received 11 Aug 202055C Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 12 Aug 2020Cadzow Business Centre 28 Muir Street Hamilton ML3 6EU
Received 12 Aug 202011 Dunlop Street Strathaven ML10 6LA
Received 12 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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