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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.
20,156 approved · 691 refused · 1,481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9EZ
Received 28 Mar 202411 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 28 Mar 2024Lindsay Institute 8 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7LZ
Received 29 Mar 2024Drumbuie Cottage Drumboy Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 29 Mar 202424 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 29 Mar 20245 Cypress Way Cambuslang G72 7XB
Received 1 Apr 2024132 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 1 Apr 2024Upper Muirhouse Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 1 Apr 2024Upper Muirhouse Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 1 Apr 202412 Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 1 Apr 2024Nerston Mill Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride G74 3XY
Received 1 Apr 2024Land 350M Southwest Of South Draffan Farm Draffan Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PW
Received 1 Apr 202423 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9EZ
Received 2 Apr 2024Aliantha 2 School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 2 Apr 2024Belleview A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RL
Received 2 Apr 202410 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EH
Received 2 Apr 20242 Anderson Street Hamilton ML3 0QL
Received 3 Apr 202414 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NU
Received 3 Apr 2024Lands Surrounding East Drumloch Farm Burn Highway Hamilton
Received 28 Mar 20241 Blacklands Road East Kilbride G74 1BE
Received 3 Apr 20247 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell G71 8AR
Received 3 Apr 20245 Culross Place East Kilbride G74 1HY
Received 4 Apr 2024110 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 4 Apr 202441 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SN
Received 4 Apr 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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