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.
19,354 approved · 667 refused · 1,367 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
2 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 19 Dec 20235 Smithycroft Hamilton ML3 7UL
Received 19 Dec 202345 Rokeby Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EG
Received 19 Dec 20239 Glen Bervie East Kilbride G74 3ST
Received 20 Dec 202315 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell G71 8SB
Received 20 Dec 2023Over Lethame House Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 20 Dec 2023Corbiehall Farm Ayr Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NL
Received 20 Dec 202315 Stonedyke Crescent Carluke ML8 4EY
Received 20 Dec 20236 Cromalt Avenue East Kilbride G75 9GQ
Received 21 Dec 202314 Lochaber Road Strathaven ML10 6HZ
Received 21 Dec 2023Former University Of The West Of Scotland Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0DG
Received 21 Dec 2023100 Skylark Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AZ
Received 21 Dec 202342 King Street Stonehouse ML9 3EF
Received 22 Dec 20237 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 22 Dec 202382 Alison Lea East Kilbride G74 3HW
Received 22 Dec 20238 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 22 Dec 202387 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PJ
Received 22 Dec 202347 Brora Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LF
Received 22 Dec 2023Yonderton Wind Turbine At Land To The South Of Yonderton Farm, Lesmahagow ML11 0HL
Received 22 Dec 2023Hallhill Hunterlees Road Glassford ML10 6TS
Received 22 Dec 202342 Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NQ
Received 22 Dec 20231 Schoolhouse Court A706 From Forth To Northern Boundary Wilsontown Lanark ML11 8FE
Received 22 Dec 2023South Brownhill Farm High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 22 Dec 2023Land 1.5km SSW Of East Merkland Farm High Kype Road Strathaven
Received 22 Dec 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage