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.
12,082 approved · 521 refused · 683 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jubilee Hall Bloomfield Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0DF
Received 8 Oct 2020130 Westburn Road Cambuslang G72 7SY
Received 8 Oct 202025 Woodhead Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TB
Received 8 Oct 20202 Cairngryffe Street Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SW
Received 8 Oct 202016 Philips Walk Hamilton ML3 8PL
Received 9 Oct 202059 Manse View Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LN
Received 9 Oct 202045 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 9 Oct 202021 Westfarm Avenue Cambuslang G72 7RH
Received 9 Oct 202040 Collie Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WF
Received 9 Oct 20204 Holmwood Green Crossford Carluke ML8 5SY
Received 9 Oct 2020Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 9 Oct 202040 Millheugh Brae Larkhall ML9 1AS
Received 9 Oct 202014 Avondale Place East Kilbride G74 1NU
Received 12 Oct 2020Westmill Farmhouse West Mill Road Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HH
Received 12 Oct 202038 Merrylees Road Blantyre G72 9AT
Received 12 Oct 202053 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang G72 8JX
Received 12 Oct 2020204 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9NS
Received 12 Oct 2020Land 45M North Of 81 Strawfrank Road Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction Lanark
Received 12 Oct 202063 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9TE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land 110M Northeast Of Hillcrest Strathaven Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Oct 202033 Fruin Rise Hamilton ML3 9UY
Received 13 Oct 20203 Whiteshaw View Strathaven ML10 6UE
Received 14 Oct 20204 Denniston Place Lanark ML11 7ED
Received 14 Oct 2020121 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 14 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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