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.
14,998 approved · 560 refused · 937 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven ML10 6JS
Received 10 May 20221 Oakbank Drive Uddingston G71 7FF
Received 10 May 2022Rothesbank Nemphlar Moor Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JD
Received 10 May 20227 Thistle Place East Kilbride G74 4RH
Received 10 May 2022Land 50M ENE Of Block 7 Central Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 May 202286 Sportsfield Road Hamilton ML3 8RF
Received 11 May 2022100 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AX
Received 11 May 2022Plot No 2 East Cathkin Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 11 May 202227 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 11 May 202214 Croftbank Gate Bothwell G71 8AN
Received 11 May 202211 Ballantrae East Kilbride G74 4TZ
Received 12 May 2022Tashieburn Road Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 12 May 20229 Wellbrae Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RT
Received 12 May 20226C Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 12 May 202242 Loancroft Gate Uddingston G71 7HN
Received 12 May 2022Millhouse Farm Shields Road East Kilbride G75 9DR
Received 12 May 2022262 Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PF
Received 12 May 2022Land To Rear Of 4 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AW
Received 12 May 202211 Rosefield Gardens Uddingston G71 7AW
Received 13 May 202228 Overton Road Cambuslang G72 7QR
Received 13 May 2022Land 33M Southeast Of 41 Dunsyre Road Dunsyre Road Newbigging Lanark
Received 13 May 2022Cumberhead Wind Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 11 May 202216 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair ML3 7WQ
Received 13 May 2022Newhouse Of Jackton Jackton Road Jackton G75 8RR
Received 13 May 2022Records 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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