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.
13,631 approved · 543 refused · 813 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Overton Avenue Strathaven ML10 6NR
Received 7 Dec 202053 Chalmers Drive East Kilbride G75 0NY
Received 7 Dec 202053 Durisdeer Drive Hamilton ML3 8XH
Received 7 Dec 20207 Kirkhill Road Strathaven ML10 6HN
Received 8 Dec 2020Thistle Cottage Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7PU
Received 8 Dec 202020 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell G71 8EE
Received 8 Dec 202010 Laverockhall Lanark ML11 7HZ
Received 8 Dec 202061 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7LG
Received 8 Dec 202019 Holmhill Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NX
Received 8 Dec 2020Ozara The Glebe Bothwell G71 8AG
Received 9 Dec 202068 Alder Gate Cambuslang G72 7ZF
Received 9 Dec 20204 Avonbank Road Larkhall ML9 1QS
Received 9 Dec 202024 Pembury Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SX
Received 9 Dec 20207 Brouster Hill East Kilbride G74 1AQ
Received 9 Dec 202080 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 9 Dec 2020St Andrews Parish Church Avon Street Hamilton ML3 7HU
Received 9 Dec 2020St Andrews Parish Church Avon Street Hamilton ML3 7HU
Received 9 Dec 202097 Mill Road Hamilton ML3 8HY
Received 9 Dec 20209 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 9 Dec 2020Whitefield 1 Berelands Place Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Dec 2020Plot 4 Springbank House West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Dec 2020Springhall Nursery 70 Cruachan Road Rutherglen G73 5HW
Received 8 Dec 2020Land 65M SSE Of Yett Holm Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Dec 2020The Green Elsrickle Village Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 10 Dec 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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