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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.
10,240 approved · 478 refused · 579 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 37M Southwest Of Stanmore Stables Stanmore Stables Stanmore Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Aug 2018Townfoot Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 11 Sept 201866 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 17 Sept 2018Unit 8 Tennant Complex Tennant Avenue College Milton Industrial East Kilbride G74 5NA
Received 27 Sept 20184B Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 5 Nov 2018Land To The North Of Highstonehall Road Hamilton
Received 8 Nov 2018Land 60M Southwest Of 14 Glebe Wynd Glebe Wynd Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Nov 20187 Etive Place Larkhall ML9 2QY
Received 27 Nov 2018Unit 29 John Hillhouse Industrial Estate 211 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang G72 7TS
Received 29 Nov 2018Rosebank Nursery Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QB
Received 30 Nov 2018125 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 5PL
Received 5 Dec 20184 Montclare Place Larkhall ML9 2FH
Received 10 Dec 2018First Floor Flat 32 Common Green Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6AF
Received 21 Dec 201821 Vere Terrace Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9YX
Received 18 Dec 2018Land 110M Northeast Casa Mia Jerviswood Nursery Access From Jerviswood Road To Jerviswood House Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Dec 2018Land 210M SSE Of Hallhill Farm Lanark Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jan 20195 Greystone Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FT
Received 8 Jan 2019Former Officers Mess Robertson Drive Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 2019Former Officers Mess Robertson Drive Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 2019North Fieldhead Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 10 Jan 2019269A Montford Avenue Rutherglen G73 2EG
Received 11 Jan 20191 Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75 8TT
Received 14 Jan 201912 Whin Place East Kilbride G74 3XS
Received 15 Jan 2019Amberly Cottage Guildhouse Farm B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth ML11 8EU
Received 17 Jan 2019Records 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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