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.
13,673 approved · 544 refused · 817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Glamis Crescent Blantyre G72 0TE
Received 23 Dec 202017 Pembury Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SX
Received 23 Dec 202027 Miller Street Hamilton ML3 7EW
Received 23 Dec 2020Coulter Haugh Farm Coulter Haugh Road Coulter Biggar ML12 6PR
Received 23 Dec 2020Lanark Agricultural Centre Acorn Road Lanark ML11 9SZ
Received 23 Dec 202031 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride G75 8RL
Received 24 Dec 202030 Bellflower Grove East Kilbride G74 4TB
Received 24 Dec 202023 Westfarm Court Cambuslang G72 7TU
Received 24 Dec 202022 Balta Crescent Cambuslang G72 8TS
Received 24 Dec 20201 Singer Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0XS
Received 24 Dec 2020Garage Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7EU
Received 24 Dec 2020Hazliebank Farm High Kype Road Strathaven ML10 6PR
Received 24 Dec 202074 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 28 Dec 2020100 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3DS
Received 28 Dec 202024 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 29 Dec 20201 Millerfield Place Hamilton ML3 7EP
Received 29 Dec 202047 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 29 Dec 20209 Quarry Street Larkhall ML9 2NJ
Received 29 Dec 2020Brooke View Farm Craigthornhill Road Hamilton ML3 7XN
Received 29 Dec 202026 Blackthorn Wynd Cambuslang G72 7TY
Received 30 Dec 202020 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AE
Received 30 Dec 202027 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JW
Received 30 Dec 2020Land East Of Shields Of Cross Reguill Strathaven ML10 6TY
Received 30 Dec 202011 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang G72 7AF
Received 30 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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