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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.
20,392 approved · 699 refused · 1,507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Millridge Cottages Mill Ridge Road Libberton Lanark ML11 8LX
Received 25 Apr 20248 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 25 Apr 20245 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DD
Received 26 Apr 2024Site Of Former 27 Southcroft Road Rutherglen G74 1UG
Received 26 Apr 2024Lawhead C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax EH55 8LW
Received 26 Apr 202488 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JA
Received 26 Apr 2024Pathfoot Cottage 20 North Street Strathaven ML10 6JL
Received 29 Apr 20240-2, 30 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7NW
Received 29 Apr 202420 Overtoun Drive Rutherglen G73 2QD
Received 29 Apr 2024Land 560M Southwest Of Yonderton Farm Yonderton Farm C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Apr 2024Royal Bank Of Scotland 21 - 23 Princes Square East Kilbride G74 1LJ
Received 29 Apr 202416 Park Drive Lanark ML11 9HJ
Received 29 Apr 202465 Strathaven Road Hamilton ML3 7RD
Received 24 Apr 2024Land To South-west Of 121 New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0ER
Received 29 Apr 20244 Avonbridge Drive Hamilton ML3 7EJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Land 27M West Of 12 Lithgow Place Lithgow Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 1PW
Received 29 Apr 2024Land 85M South Of 51 Brocketsbrae Road Brocketsbrae Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PT
Received 29 Apr 202477 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XJ
Received 30 Apr 2024Beechfield Manor Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 26 Apr 202457 Melbourne Avenue East Kilbride G75 8DU
Received 30 Apr 202474 Cantieslaw Drive East Kilbride G74 3AQ
Received 30 Apr 2024Earnock Service Station 105 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9UE
Received 30 Apr 20243 Stuarton Park East Kilbride G74 4LA
Received 30 Apr 202457 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EP
Received 30 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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