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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.
10,350 approved · 480 refused · 585 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3A Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4UN
Received 18 Feb 2019Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 19 Feb 201911 Barassie Court Bothwell G71 8UH
Received 19 Feb 201915 Clare Crescent Larkhall ML9 1ES
Received 19 Feb 201930 Abbots Way Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0AH
Received 18 Feb 2019First Floor 4 Blairbeth Terrace Rutherglen G73 4JB
Received 19 Feb 201952 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EH
Received 20 Feb 201918 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AS
Received 20 Feb 2019189 Mill Road Hamilton ML3 8PE
Received 20 Feb 2019138 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QS
Received 20 Feb 201957 Springfield Park Road Rutherglen G73 3RQ
Received 20 Feb 2019102 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 20 Feb 201910 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre G72 0GT
Received 20 Feb 201983 St Nicholas Road Lanark ML11 7AX
Received 20 Feb 20192 Craighead Gardens Lesmahagow ML11 0HE
Received 20 Feb 201919 Millar Street Glassford ML10 6TD
Received 20 Feb 201914 Sydney Place East Kilbride G75 8DA
Received 19 Feb 201937 Laighlands Road Bothwell G71 8AL
Received 20 Feb 201927 Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6JA
Received 20 Feb 2019Bidhouse Forest B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Feb 2019Land 42M Nnw Of The Old Manse Elsrickle Elsrickle Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Feb 2019Land 70M East Of 54 Ashgillhead Road Ashgillhead Road Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Feb 20193 Juniper Grove Hamilton ML3 7HQ
Received 22 Feb 2019418 Hyndford Road Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 8SQ
Received 22 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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