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.
13,941 approved · 547 refused · 843 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Saltire Crescent Larkhall ML9 2LG
Received 22 Mar 20216 Douglas Drive Bothwell G71 8DH
Received 22 Mar 202111 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TE
Received 23 Mar 202111 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 23 Mar 20213A Bonnington Avenue Lanark ML11 9AL
Received 23 Mar 2021Plot 5 Millburn Glen Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall ML9 2UB
Received 23 Mar 202135 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QF
Received 24 Mar 2021Unit 6 Whistleberry Industrial Park Hamilton ML3 0ED
Received 24 Mar 202164 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 24 Mar 2021Oakhill House Newton Highway Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 24 Mar 202129 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 24 Mar 20219 Ashley Place Blantyre G72 9PS
Received 24 Mar 2021Uddingston Cricket And Sports Club Castle Avenue Uddingston G71 7HJ
Received 24 Mar 202117 Lamlash Place East Kilbride G75 9ND
Received 25 Mar 202152 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JS
Received 19 Mar 202122 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 25 Mar 2021Site Adjacent To Starbucks Dalmarnock Trading Estate Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 25 Mar 20218 Broomhill Gate Larkhall ML9 1ED
Received 25 Mar 202133 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SN
Received 17 Mar 2021118 Brankholm Brae Hamilton ML3 9QR
Received 25 Mar 2021Hamilton Sheriff Court Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 25 Mar 2021Hamilton Sheriff Court Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 25 Mar 202112 Moffat Gardens East Kilbride G75 8YA
Received 25 Mar 2021108 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AD
Received 25 Mar 2021Records 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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