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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.
20,439 approved · 701 refused · 1,520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Mossmulloch Plantation East Kilbride
Received 1 May 2024Land 570M Southeast Of Turnlaw Barn Turnlaw Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 May 202421A Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 1 May 202424 Southend Drive Strathaven ML10 6QT
Received 1 May 202427 Old Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HR
Received 1 May 2024Land At Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 1 May 202431 Eaglesham Court East Kilbride G75 8GS
Received 1 May 2024Jasean Cottage 338A Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RW
Received 1 May 202473 Kerr Crescent Hamilton ML3 8JT
Received 2 May 20245 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 2 May 20242 Torbeg Gardens East Kilbride G75 9NE
Received 2 May 2024Crossbank Livery Centre Blair Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QN
Received 2 May 2024Gardeners Cottage Carwood B7016 From Carnwath To Biggar Biggar ML12 6LX
Received 2 May 2024Tigh Na Grian Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 2 May 202421 Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8HQ
Received 3 May 202436 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7RJ
Received 3 May 202412 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark ML11 9HT
Received 3 May 202439 Windsor Gardens Hamilton ML3 0NJ
Received 3 May 202436 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DG
Received 30 Apr 2024West Silverwells Cottage 25A Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8LZ
Received 6 May 2024Land 85M Northeast Of 411 Hyndford Road Hyndford Bridge Lanark
Received 6 May 202419 Mary Street Hamilton ML3 6PX
Received 6 May 20248 Mclaren Grove East Kilbride G74 4SR
Received 6 May 202424 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 7 May 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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