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.
14,304 approved · 551 refused · 880 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
12 Falkland Park East Kilbride G74 1JD
Received 2 Nov 202125 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6EB
Received 2 Nov 202139 Pailis Crescent Bothwell G71 8FP
Received 3 Nov 202151A Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BN
Received 3 Nov 202118 Kincath Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RP
Received 3 Nov 202156 Linden Lea Hamilton ML3 9AD
Received 3 Nov 202132 Angle Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LB
Received 4 Nov 202120 Burnhead Gardens Carluke ML8 4GX
Received 4 Nov 20219 Clyde Avenue Bothwell G71 8DT
Received 4 Nov 2021Land 290M SSE Of Auchren Farm Bog Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Nov 20212 Dornoch Drive Blantyre G72 0GQ
Received 4 Nov 202126 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BP
Received 4 Nov 20214 Gilmour Crescent Rutherglen G73 1HR
Received 4 Nov 2021High Carnduff Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 5 Nov 202163 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LY
Received 4 Nov 2021Whitelee Forest Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride
Received 4 Nov 202192 Windward Road East Kilbride G75 8NP
Received 4 Nov 2021St Pauls Parish Church Main Street Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8AA
Received 5 Nov 20219 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AR
Received 5 Nov 2021Shawfield Stadium Rutherglen Road Rutherglen G73 1SZ
Received 5 Nov 2021Land 180M Northwest Of Dalton School Lodge Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 5 Nov 202115 Classroom Close Hamilton ML3 8RS
Received 8 Nov 202121 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BP
Received 8 Nov 202134 Bruce Terrace Blantyre G72 9AG
Received 8 Nov 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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