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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.
21,575 approved · 753 refused · 1,663 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2008 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 68M Southeast Of 21 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 16 Sept 2024Kennels Southholm Farm Grange Road Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SR
Received 17 Sept 2024The Bay Horse Guest House 39 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AS
Received 17 Sept 2024The Village Tavern 3 London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 17 Sept 20241 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen G73 3LG
Received 18 Sept 202415 Fraser Avenue Rutherglen G73 3DH
Received 18 Sept 202420 Hoover Drive Cambuslang G72 7EF
Received 18 Sept 2024Flat 2 20 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DR
Received 18 Sept 2024Land To The Rear Of 21 Couthally Terrace Carnwath ML11 8HY
Received 18 Sept 202439 Firlee East Kilbride G75 8SZ
Received 19 Sept 2024Cathkin II Landfill Site Cairnmuir Road East Kilbride G74 4GY
Received 19 Sept 2024A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 19 Sept 202448 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang G72 8BA
Received 19 Sept 2024Craigend Farm Craigend Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 19 Sept 202424 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 19 Sept 202458 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TB
Received 19 Sept 202487 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QS
Received 19 Sept 20246 Patersons Drive Strathaven ML10 6YX
Received 19 Sept 202419 Ivy Place Blantyre G72 9RA
Received 20 Sept 2024Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 20 Sept 20245 Crosshill Crescent Strathaven ML10 6DT
Received 20 Sept 20244 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 20 Sept 202455 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 20 Sept 2024Towerlands Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NT
Received 23 Sept 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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