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.
15,822 approved · 574 refused · 1,013 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Mar 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 Benbecula East Kilbride G74 2BS
Received 9 Sept 202217 James Murdie Gardens Hamilton ML3 0RT
Received 9 Sept 2022Land 450M ESE Of Easter House Newhouse Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Sept 2022Blackburn Mill Blackburnmill Highway Chapelton ML10 6RR
Received 9 Sept 202236 Dunlin East Kilbride G74 4RX
Received 9 Sept 202268 Devondale Avenue Blantyre G72 9ED
Received 9 Sept 2022Land 38M Southwest Of Rockville House Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Sept 202272 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8DX
Received 9 Sept 202220 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 9 Sept 20222 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 12 Sept 20221 The Murray Square East Kilbride G75 0BH
Received 12 Sept 202218 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 12 Sept 202235 Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BA
Received 12 Sept 202261 Richmond Drive Rutherglen G73 3JL
Received 12 Sept 20226 Beechwood Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PG
Received 12 Sept 2022Land 33M West Of Garbank Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Sept 2022Land 200M WNW Of Police Training College Eaglesham Road Jackton
Received 12 Sept 2022Land 43M ESE Of 20 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Crawford Biggar
Received 12 Sept 2022Plot 2 1 Silverwood Gate Bothwell
Received 12 Sept 2022Land 24M SSE Of 14 Shawfield Crescent Main Street Law Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Sept 202278 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7BH
Received 13 Sept 2022Advertising Station - Site No 0062-1 Hamilton Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Sept 2022Burnhouse Manor Burnhouse Road Auldhouse Glasgow G75 9DT
Received 13 Sept 2022Andee C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 13 Sept 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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