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South Lanarkshire planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates26,020Searchable applications
353Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 23,333 approved or refused records
811Refused applications
22,522 approved · 811 refused · 1,728 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2007 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building standardsContact planning Property enquiry certificatesConservation areas Built heritage, conservation and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03031231015Council source
- Planning enquiries08000778778Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@southlanarkshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas30 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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.
More application records
- DecidedP/24/1547
Installation of a 40 metre high replacement lattice tower communications mast with associated antennas, dishes, other equipment and ground based cabinets and 2.4 metre high compound fencing
Land Adjacent To Unit C Watt Place Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0AH
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1549
Erection of detached dwelling and formation of associated access
Land To The Immediate North-East Of North Lodge Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 19 Dec 2024 - WithdrawnP/24/1550
Demolition of two dwellings and the erection of a new dwellinghouse with associated works
4 Park Place Thorntonhall G74 5AU
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1551
Erection of detached dwelling with associated landscaping and access arrangements
Land To The Immediate South-West Of South Lodge Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1552
External alterations to existing warehouse associated with the conversion to form Class 4 office space with associated works
Garage 10 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JJ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1553
Erection of 19 dwellinghouses with associated access road, drainage and landscaping (Part-Retrospective) (Amendment to planning consent P/20/1310 to alter house types, positions and associated matters)
Site Of Former Lesmahagow High School Southern Campus Abbeygreen Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1554
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a rear extension
14 Linhope Place East Kilbride G75 8HJ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1556
Alteration to boundary wall to form pedestrian access
58 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1557
Installation of telecommunications apparatus including 4 antennas, 1 dish, a cabinet, replacement louvres and ancillary development/equipment (Listed Building Consent)
Bothwell Parish Church Main Street Kirkfield Bothwell G71 8EY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1559
Erection of agricultural building
East Brackenridge Farm Strathaven ML10 6QB
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1561
Erection of 64 dwellinghouses including access roads, landscaping, land engineering operations and associated work, including demolition of existing dwellinghouse.
Land 100M North Of Beechfield Manor Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1563
Change of use of shop (Class 1 A) to cafe (Class 3) and the installation of an extract flue and new shopfront. (Part retrospective).
9 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1564
Installation of an extract flue and new shopfront. (Part retrospective).
9 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1566
Display of advertisements
2 Braeview Place East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1567
Erection of single storey side extension and associated external alterations to flatted dwelling.
Garden Flat 11 Sheriff Park House Sheriff Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2QH
Received 20 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1568
Demolition of garage and outbuilding and erection of outbuilding containing garage and 2 residential annexes
20 Strutherhill Larkhall ML9 1LR
Received 23 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1572
Erection of detached dwellinghouse (Approval of matters specified by consent P/22/1024 conditions 2,3,4 & 5)
Land 14M Northwest Of 19 Strath Elgin Strath Elgin Law Carluke
Received 23 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1573
Demolition of garage (Conservation Area Consent)
2 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 23 Dec 2024 - WithdrawnP/24/1574
Upgrading of existing forest access road to aid timber haulage and associated works (Prior notification)
Stonehill Forest B740 From Crawfordjohn B7078 Towards Sanquhar Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 23 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1575
Removal of shed and erection of single storey side extension.
33 Grieve Croft Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 23 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1576
Installation of telecommunications apparatus including 4 antennas, 1 dish, a cabinet, replacement louvres and ancillary development/equipment
Bothwell Parish Church Main Street Bothwell G71 8EX
Received 23 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1577
External alterations to outbuilding (replacement windows, new rooflights and the build up of a door opening) to form garden room/home gymnasium (Listed Building Consent).
72 Muir Street Hamilton ML3 6BJ
Received 24 Dec 2024 - DecidedP/24/1578
Use of outbuilding as garden room/gymnasium and associated external alterations (replacement windows, new rooflights and the build up of a door opening)
72 Muir Street Hamilton ML3 6BJ
Received 24 Dec 2024 - WithdrawnP/24/1579
Erection of residential development comprising 9 no. flatted dwellings with access, parking and associated works
Vacant Land Corneys Close Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 24 Dec 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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