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South Lanarkshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates25,052Searchable applications
353Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 22,414 approved or refused records
754Refused applications
21,660 approved · 754 refused · 1,679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building standardsContact planning Property enquiry certificatesConservation areas Built heritage, conservation and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03031231015Council source
- Planning enquiries08000778778Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@southlanarkshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas30 mapped area records
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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.
More application records
- DecidedP/24/1183
Section 42 Application to vary Planning Consent EK/96/249 to remove Condition 2 in respect of limiting the permission to a person solely or mainly employed full time in agricultural work on or related to the agricultural unit.
South Muirhead Farm Livery And Training Centre Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1184
Part change of office building (Class 4) to veterinary surgery (Class 1A) on entirety of ground floor and mix of business use and veterinary surgery on first floor.
1 Biggar Business Park Market Road Biggar ML12 6FX
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1185
Erection of single storey dwellinghouse and relocation of existing stables
Knowehead Farm Blackburnmill Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1186
Removal of existing rear conservatory, erection of rear extension
39 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen G73 5RT
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1188
Erection of single storey rear extension to existing dwellinghouse
254 Kittochside Road Clarkston G76 9ES
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1190
Demolition of existing structure and erection of 3-storey building with retail (Class 1A) at ground level and 6 dwelling flats above, and associated infrastructure
1B Neilsland Road Hamilton ML3 8NA
Received 23 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1192
Demolition of garage and erection of a replacement garage
14 Nairn Avenue Blantyre G72 9NF
Received 24 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1193
Erection of single storey rear extension
9 Princes Gate Bothwell G71 8SP
Received 24 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1195
Erection of 5 replacement terraced dwellings with associated works
Site Of Former 7-11 Whitelee Whitelee East Kilbride G75 0JX
Received 24 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1197
Erection of retaining wall and fencing (retrospective)
8 Greenshields Court Lesmahagow ML11 0PP
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1198
Erection of single storey rear extension to existing dwellinghouse
20 Glenavon Street Strathaven ML10 6BS
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1199
Demolition of existing single-storey rear extension, fence, and detached garage and erection of two-storey rear and side extension
7 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NP
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1200
Infilling of existing windows (certificate of lawfulness).
2 Castlegait Strathaven ML10 6FF
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/0063/V
Omission of two windows, increase in height of extension by 200 mm and alterations to balustrade and fire door (Amendment to consent P/240588)
Angels Hotel 114 Main Street Uddingston G71 7HZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1203
Erection of garden room/home office (In retrospect)
45 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0BB
Received 26 Sept 2024 - WithdrawnP/24/1204
Installation of 48 sheet digital LED illuminated advertisement display
Land 34M Southeast Of Unit 24 John Hillhouse Industrial Estate Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1205
Formation of a private way for forestry purposes (Prior Notification)
Land 1km Northeast Of Lettershaws Cottage B797 From Abington A702 To Leadhills Abington Biggar
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1206
Erection of fascia advertisement signage
Unit A Stroud Trade Park Stroud Road East Kilbride G75 0FD
Received 27 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1207
Erection of rear extension to existing cottage flat.
156 Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8XN
Received 27 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1209
Change of use of office space to form 6no. flatted dwellings with associated works
29 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 27 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1210
Demolition of summer house and erection of guest house for visiting friends and family
Pennygael A70 From Rigside To Hyndford Bridge Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TR
Received 30 Sept 2024 - WithdrawnP/24/1211
Subdivision of existing garden ground and erection of dwelling with associated works (Permission in Principle)
Alston Schoolhouse Alston Street Glassford ML10 6TG
Received 30 Sept 2024 - DecidedP/24/1212
Erection of ancillary residential outbuilding/accommodation
22 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 1 Oct 2024 - DecidedP/24/1213
Dormer extension and erection of single storey rear extension.
19 Sherbrooke Place East Kilbride G75 8SG
Received 2 Oct 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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