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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.
10,318 approved · 480 refused · 583 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pine Lodge B7018 From Dillarburn To Kirkfieldbank A72 Lanark ML11 9UN
Received 5 Feb 2019Land 62M Northwest Of 1 Middleton Avenue Borland Drive Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Feb 201915 Cartland Road Cartland Lanark ML11 7RF
Received 5 Feb 201939 Castleknowe Gardens Carluke ML8 5UX
Received 4 Feb 2019The Old School Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 5 Feb 2019Plot 10 Proposed Residential Development - 90M North Of Millburn Glen Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 5 Feb 2019Middle House Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 6 Feb 201960 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 6 Feb 2019Plot 9 Proposed Residential Development - 90M North Of Millburn Glen Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 6 Feb 2019Land 26M Northwest Of 1 Holm Road Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Feb 201928 Albert Drive Rutherglen G73 3RT
Received 6 Feb 201915 Redwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 6 Feb 20194 Pentland Way Hamilton ML3 8JE
Received 6 Feb 2019Lockup Colony 30M Wnw Of 36 Melbourne Avenue Darwin Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Feb 2019Land 140M Southwest Of 1 Redwood Place Redwood Crescent East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Feb 2019South West Carnduff Bankfield Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 6 Feb 2019Mill 3 New Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 7 Feb 2019New Lanark Car Park New Lanark Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Feb 201942 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PN
Received 7 Feb 20192 Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 8 Feb 2019Guildhouse Farm B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth ML11 8EU
Received 8 Feb 201940 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QD
Received 8 Feb 20192 Whitelees Drive Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7SX
Received 8 Feb 201964 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 8 Feb 2019Records 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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