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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.
10,337 approved · 480 refused · 585 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bennan Place East Kilbride G75 9NR
Received 13 Feb 2019Lands Surrounding East Drumloch Farm Burn Highway Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 201925 Mckinley Court East Kilbride G74 3ZD
Received 13 Feb 2019Land 85M Southwest Of 7 Huntlybank Gardens Huntlybank Gardens Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 2019Border Biscuits South Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 13 Feb 2019Heads Cottage Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 13 Feb 2019Lochway 3 Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NN
Received 13 Feb 201927 Millar Grove Hamilton ML3 9BF
Received 13 Feb 2019Land 36M Southwest Of Leaburn House Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Feb 2019Border Biscuits South Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 14 Feb 20198 Tynwald Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RN
Received 14 Feb 201966 Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NY
Received 14 Feb 2019Tesco Stores Gallowhill Road Lanark ML11 7AG
Received 15 Feb 2019Tesco Stores Gallowhill Road Lanark ML11 7AG
Received 15 Feb 20196 Perryflatts Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PB
Received 15 Feb 20194 Farrier Crescent Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SR
Received 15 Feb 201947 Spruce Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NQ
Received 15 Feb 2019Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 15 Feb 201960 Richmond Drive Rutherglen G73 3JJ
Received 15 Feb 201925 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 15 Feb 201913 Mcmillan Way Law Carluke ML8 5NT
Received 14 Feb 2019East Law Farm Lawhill Road Law ML8 5EZ
Received 18 Feb 201939 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 18 Feb 2019Bethany Hall 13 Whinknowe Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3AP
Received 18 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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