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.
14,043 approved · 550 refused · 851 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Raymond Place East Kilbride G75 8LD
Received 10 May 20213 Oakbank Drive Uddingston G71 7FF
Received 10 May 202136 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 10 May 20213 & 5 Royellen Avenue Hamilton ML3 8QH
Received 28 Apr 202126A Old Mill Road Bothwell G71 8AX
Received 11 May 202135 Highfield Road Larkhall ML9 2JD
Received 11 May 202151 Main Street Forth Lanark ML11 8BS
Received 11 May 20212 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell G71 8EE
Received 11 May 202113 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DY
Received 28 Apr 2021Land 575M Northeast Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Apr 2021132 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 11 May 202151 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 11 May 202135 Baird Gardens Blantyre G72 0WT
Received 12 May 2021Land 575M Northeast Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 12 May 20213 Belleisle Avenue Uddingston G71 7AP
Received 12 May 20212 Croft Walk Cambuslang G72 6WA
Received 12 May 202110 Newlands Street Lanark ML11 9BD
Received 12 May 202150 Regent Way And 21 Duke Street Hamilton ML3 7DZ
Received 12 May 202119 Whitemoss Road East Kilbride G74 4JB
Received 12 May 20211 Croftbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7JD
Received 12 May 20216 Holm Avenue Uddingston G71 7AL
Received 12 May 20211 - 8 Dunlop Court Strathaven ML10 6LW
Received 12 May 202124 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 13 May 202112 Honeysuckle Drive Cambuslang G72 6PE
Received 13 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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