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.
12,064 approved · 519 refused · 681 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Castlemains Crescent Uddingston G71 7ND
Received 5 Oct 202012 Dukes Place Hamilton ML3 7TA
Received 5 Oct 20207 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 5 Oct 202043 Reay Avenue East Kilbride G74 1QT
Received 5 Oct 202015 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 5 Oct 20205 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 5 Oct 2020Land 565M Northeast Of Rigmuir Landfill Strathaven Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Oct 2020Land 30M Northeast Of 1 Springfield Nurseries A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Oct 202016 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 6 Oct 202036 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 6 Oct 202027 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SN
Received 6 Oct 20206 Station Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5JA
Received 6 Oct 2020Jackton Distillery Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5AN
Received 6 Oct 20201 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7WQ
Received 6 Oct 2020Easton Farm Medwynbank Road Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NQ
Received 1 Oct 2020Land 115M Southeast Of East Overton House Glassford Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Oct 20201 Glen Turret East Kilbride G74 2JT
Received 7 Oct 202020 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NA
Received 7 Oct 2020Valley View Auchtygemmel Farm Muirhouse Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 7 Oct 2020Jasean Cottage 338A Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 8RW
Received 7 Oct 202027 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QQ
Received 7 Oct 2020Land At Shields Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Oct 20203 Wellknowe Road Thorntonhall G74 5AH
Received 8 Oct 2020Land 30M North Of 21 Clyde Terrace Clyde Terrace Bothwell
Received 8 Oct 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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