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.
14,306 approved · 551 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bishop Gardens Hamilton ML3 7YF
Received 15 Nov 20216 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 15 Nov 20216 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 15 Nov 202139 Marsden Wynd East Kilbride G75 9PX
Received 15 Nov 2021South Cumberhead Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 16 Nov 202135 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 16 Nov 2021Stables Jerviswood Road Lanark
Received 16 Nov 20212 Crofthead Street Strathaven ML10 6BB
Received 16 Nov 20211 Dunclutha Drive Bothwell G71 8SQ
Received 16 Nov 2021Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 16 Nov 2021The Little Sparta Stonypath C36 From Newbigging To Dolphinton A702 Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NG
Received 16 Nov 2021Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NN
Received 17 Nov 20217 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 17 Nov 2021Site Of Former Factory Unit Law Place Nerston Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Nov 20218 Weaver Place East Kilbride G75 8SH
Received 17 Nov 2021105 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 17 Nov 202129 Douglas Street Carluke ML8 5BJ
Received 17 Nov 20211 Regency Court Hamilton ML3 7EA
Received 17 Nov 20210-2 1 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen G73 3RR
Received 17 Nov 2021Birkwood Estate Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JP
Received 17 Nov 2021Bothwell Library 2 Main Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8RG
Received 16 Nov 2021Land To Northeast Of Greenfield Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder South Lanarkshire EH55 8LN
Received 18 Nov 202114 Maclean Place East Kilbride G74 4TQ
Received 18 Nov 20214 Double Row Rosedale Street Lanark ML11 9ED
Received 19 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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