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.
18,268 approved · 628 refused · 1,243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DR
Received 24 Jul 2023Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Jul 202320 - 22 Woodlands Avenue Bothwell G71 8PY
Received 24 Jul 202320 - 22 Woodlands Avenue Bothwell G71 8PY
Received 24 Jul 202310 Corrie Court Hamilton ML3 9XE
Received 24 Jul 2023Dalpatrick Farm Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QA
Received 24 Jul 2023Hamilton College Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AY
Received 20 Jul 2023Bodinglee Wind Farm
Received 25 Jul 2023Langlands West Auldhouse Road East Kilbride
Received 25 Jul 202323 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 25 Jul 2023Sandyholm Cottage A72 From Kirkfieldbank To Hamilton Crossford Carluke ML8 5QF
Received 25 Jul 20230-1 10 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7NP
Received 26 Jul 20231 Castle Yett Biggar ML12 6QQ
Received 26 Jul 2023Black Barn Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 26 Jul 20231-2 16 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RL
Received 26 Jul 20238 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 27 Jul 2023High Plewlands Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 27 Jul 2023High Plewlands Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 27 Jul 2023High Plewlands Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 27 Jul 2023237 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0YS
Received 27 Jul 20236 Whittaker Avenue East Kilbride G75 9QA
Received 27 Jul 202311 Abernethy Park East Kilbride G74 1DH
Received 28 Jul 202315 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 28 Jul 202321 Moor Road Cartland Lanark ML11 7RE
Received 28 Jul 2023Records 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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