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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.
10,357 approved · 480 refused · 585 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Park Drive Rutherglen G73 2QF
Received 22 Feb 201918 Lairds Gate Uddingston G71 7HR
Received 22 Feb 2019Glen Esk Recreation Area Glen Esk East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Feb 201930 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XL
Received 22 Feb 20194 Douglas Street Blantyre G72 0DW
Received 22 Feb 2019Hamilton Old Parish Church Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 25 Feb 2019Eastgate Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PL
Received 25 Feb 2019Eastgate Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PL
Received 25 Feb 201931 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 25 Feb 201983 Balcastle Crescent Carluke ML8 4LG
Received 25 Feb 20197 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AR
Received 25 Feb 2019Hairmyres Hospital Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RG
Received 25 Feb 201916 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PY
Received 25 Feb 201910 Gladstone Wynd Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6GX
Received 25 Feb 2019Telecommunications Mast John Hillhouse Industrial Estate 211 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Feb 2019Co-op Store 35 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 25 Feb 2019East Whitlawburn Redevelopment Area Western Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Feb 2019Land 26M Northeast Of 69 Hamilton Street Hamilton Street Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Feb 2019Glengeith Farm Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 25 Feb 201910 Braemar Road Rutherglen G73 5LJ
Received 25 Feb 2019Proposed Redevelopment Of Duchess Place And Cunningham Road Cambuslang Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Feb 201922 East Greenlees Drive Cambuslang G72 8TY
Received 25 Feb 20192 Torrance Road East Kilbride G74 1AR
Received 26 Feb 2019Sanmex Buildings Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1NY
Received 26 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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