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.
14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 5 Jul 20218 Knox Wynd Strathaven ML10 6XX
Received 5 Jul 202119 Appledore Crescent Bothwell G71 8HU
Received 5 Jul 20216 Barn Drive Cambuslang G72 6ZR
Received 5 Jul 2021Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PT
Received 5 Jul 202119 Saddlers Gate Strathaven ML10 6US
Received 5 Jul 202118 Clamps Terrace East Kilbride G74 2HA
Received 6 Jul 2021The Bakery 10 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JJ
Received 6 Jul 202123 Galloway Avenue Hamilton ML3 7UR
Received 6 Jul 202116 Highfield Drive Rutherglen G73 4HE
Received 6 Jul 202193 Morag Riva Court Uddingston G71 7BF
Received 6 Jul 202117 Eastfield Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AN
Received 6 Jul 2021West Newton Farm Newton Highway Strathaven ML10 6RB
Received 6 Jul 20217 Tassie Place East Kilbride G74 3EB
Received 6 Jul 202117 Richmond Place Rutherglen G73 3BA
Received 6 Jul 202153 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UP
Received 7 Jul 202179 Margaretvale Drive Larkhall ML9 1EH
Received 2 Jul 2021Royal British Legion 7 Bosfield Place East Kilbride G74 4DY
Received 7 Jul 202164 Mill Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NY
Received 7 Jul 2021Orchard Cottage Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 7 Jul 20211 Muirburn Place Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TW
Received 8 Jul 2021Plot 7E Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jun 2021Land Adjacent To 52 Turfholm Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0ED
Received 29 Jun 2021Unit 3 2 Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 8 Jul 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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