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South Lanarkshire planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates28,094Searchable applications
361Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 25,248 approved or refused records
903Refused applications
24,345 approved · 903 refused · 1,878 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Jan 2007 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0772
Erection of single-storey rear extension
110 Applegate Drive East Kilbride G75 9FG
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0773
Erection of single storey rear extension and raised decking with associated alterations
10 Dunsyre Road Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NA
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0774
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated external alterations (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
48 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 4UX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0775
Redevelopment of existing garage, to provide ancillary accommodation at first floor level and associated alterations. Erection of a raised terrace, replacing existing raised decking.
12 Countess Gate Bothwell G71 8FB
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0776
Change of use of first floor office space (class 1A) to 3 residential flats (sui generis) and installation of windows and an external walkway to rear of building
135 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0777
Installation of free standing medpoint prescription collection machine (Application under Section 42 of the Act to vary condition 02 of P/25/0533 to amend external material of the Medpoint dispenser machine to a dark grey metal exterior)
Leadhills Surgery Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0778
Internal and external alterations to listed building associated with proposed change of use of first floor office space to 3 residential flats (Listed Building Consent)
135 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 30 Jun 2025 - DecidedP/25/0780
Erection of ancillary outbuilding
The Lade A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath ML11 8HS
Received 1 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0782
Section 36 Consultation - Installation of Battery Energy Storage System with capacity of up to 500MW with associated infrastructure, Cadzow BESS, Muttonhole Road, Hamilton.
Land 325M SSE Of Windyhills Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 2 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0037/V
Alteration to position of entrance road and houses (Variation of P/23/0748)
Site Of Former Cairns Primary School Cairnswell Avenue Cambuslang
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Tree Works approvedP/25/0785
Felling of 2 Sitka Spruce and a Leyland Cypress, along with crown reduction of a Sycamore
Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 2 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0786
Installation of a double-glazed uPVC window on the first-floor rear elevation
25 Rowhead Terrace Biggar ML12 6DU
Received 2 Jul 2025 - WithdrawnP/25/0789
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Woodend Farm Abington Biggar ML12 6RP
Received 2 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0790
Residential development, formation of access and associated works (Planning Permission in Principle)
129 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EL
Received 3 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0038/V
Demolition of farmhouse and farm structures and the erection of a replacement dwellinghouse with associated works (Non-material variation to permission P/24/1296 to accommodate alterations to the external finish and materials)
Watchknowe Farm Sandilands From Ponfeigh Road To A70 Prettsmill Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 2 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0792
Installation of a light ceiling above a pedestrianised street
North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 3 Jul 2025 - WithdrawnP/25/0795
Erection of single storey extension with associated external alterations (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
6 Sanson Lane Carluke ML8 4RQ
Received 3 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0796
Proposed garage conversion to existing dwellinghouse
6 Paxton Crescent East Kilbride G74 4GL
Received 3 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0797
Proposed garden room with temporary habitation period during construction of approved dwelling
Woodlands 51 Glassford Road Strathaven ML10 6LL
Received 4 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0798
Erection of a two storey side extension and rear raised terrace
10 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 4 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0799
Installation of Battery Energy Storage System with capacity of up to 500MW and associated infrastructure (Section 36 Consultation).
Land 550M Northwest Of Dykend House Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 3 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0801
Erection and display of two 1.3m x 2.66m x 0.203m freestanding internally illuminated digital poster screens
Lanark Memorial Hall 17 - 23 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 4 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0802
Erection of additional high-level canopy to the side entrance of the building (Listed Building application)
Lanark Memorial Hall 17 - 23 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 4 Jul 2025 - DecidedP/25/0803
Erection of a single storey rear extension with the installation of front and rear dormer windows
8 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LJ
Received 4 Jul 2025
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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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