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.
14,035 approved · 550 refused · 851 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 May 2021152 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2TG
Received 3 May 202142 Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NQ
Received 3 May 202116 Stuart Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JL
Received 3 May 202113 Alloway Crescent Rutherglen G73 4PU
Received 3 May 202143 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8SA
Received 3 May 202110 Shearer Drive Hamilton ML3 7UP
Received 4 May 202119 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 4 May 20211 Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 4 May 2021Plot 2 Hollow Glen Kirkfield Brae Lanark
Received 22 Apr 20216 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 4 May 2021Westmill Farm West Mill Road Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HH
Received 4 May 2021107 Morag Riva Court Uddingston G71 7BF
Received 4 May 2021Land 150M NW Of Junction Of Barbana Road And Grado Avenue Barbana Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 May 20211 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QE
Received 4 May 2021Parkhead Cottage B7078 From Millbank A70 To Abington Int A702 Douglas Lanark ML11 0RN
Received 4 May 202112 Laurel Court Cambuslang G72 7BD
Received 4 May 202122 Buller Crescent Blantyre G72 9JH
Received 5 May 202144 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 5 May 2021Land At Torheads Farm Phase 8 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 5 May 2021Ground Floor 3 High Street Carluke ML8 4AL
Received 5 May 2021Museum Stair 7 Double Row Rosedale Street Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9ED
Received 5 May 202118 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QD
Received 5 May 202112 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TA
Received 5 May 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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