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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.
20,097 approved · 691 refused · 1,476 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2008 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BS
Received 21 Mar 2024Land At Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 21 Mar 20249 Croft Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WD
Received 22 Mar 2024Flat 3 2 School Street Hamilton ML3 6SD
Received 22 Mar 2024Graham Builders Merchants Ltd Cadzow Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 7QU
Received 22 Mar 2024Land 490M Southwest Of Westburn Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Mar 20245 Crosshill Crescent Strathaven ML10 6DT
Received 22 Mar 202415 Caledonia Gardens Carluke ML8 5UY
Received 22 Mar 2024175 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride G75 8EL
Received 22 Mar 2024Land Off Bellefield Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 25 Mar 202491 Barrow Drive East Kilbride G75 7AD
Received 25 Mar 2024215 Kirktonholme Road East Kilbride G74 1EU
Received 25 Mar 2024127 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 25 Mar 20242 Baroness Drive Thorntonhall G74 5BN
Received 25 Mar 2024Land 300M Northeast Of Burnhead Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 25 Mar 20241 Barrie Avenue Bothwell G71 8FA
Received 26 Mar 2024Unit 3 Braidfute Retail Park Old Market Road Lanark ML11 7LQ
Received 26 Mar 2024Land 75M Southwest Of 13 Northbank Avenue Northbank Avenue Cambuslang
Received 26 Mar 2024The Acres Tweedieside Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PJ
Received 25 Mar 202411 Elmbank Drive Douglas Lanark ML11 0QR
Received 26 Mar 2024Halfway And District Bowling Club Mill Road Cambuslang G72 7QG
Received 27 Mar 202421 Tulliallan Place East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 27 Mar 202421 Montreal Park East Kilbride G75 8LA
Received 27 Mar 202435 Brora Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LF
Received 28 Mar 2024Records 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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