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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.
10,372 approved · 482 refused · 586 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 Unitas Crescent Carluke ML8 5AP
Received 1 Mar 2019Land 45M Southwest Of 4 Orbital Court Eaglesham Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Mar 20194 Colvilles Park Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0GZ
Received 1 Mar 2019Sweetiebrae Nursery 101 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NF
Received 28 Feb 20192 Hillview Drive Blantyre G72 9EF
Received 4 Mar 201910 Glen Isla Place Carluke ML8 4RT
Received 4 Mar 201941 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PQ
Received 4 Mar 2019115 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DR
Received 4 Mar 20197 Avondale Place East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 1NU
Received 4 Mar 2019Former Freeneuk Childrens Home 61 Freeneuk Wynd Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Mar 201924 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 4 Mar 2019Kennoxhead Wind Farm South- West Of Glespin
Received 4 Mar 20197 Chestnut Walk Strathaven ML10 6GY
Received 4 Mar 2019Stonehouse Police Station 32 Queen Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EE
Received 4 Mar 2019Ground Floor 1 Barrack Street Hamilton ML3 0DG
Received 4 Mar 2019Big Bird Nursery 51 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 4 Mar 2019The Doon Inn 93 Broompark Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 9SQ
Received 1 Mar 201917 Marquis Avenue Hamilton ML3 0PU
Received 4 Mar 201915 Langside Court Bothwell G71 8NS
Received 5 Mar 20191 Stephen Avenue Biggar ML12 6AS
Received 5 Mar 201965 Spruce Grove East Kilbride G75 9LU
Received 5 Mar 201916 Harlequin Court Hamilton ML3 8SW
Received 5 Mar 20192 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AB
Received 4 Mar 2019Former Law Hospital Site Carluke ML8 5ER
Received 5 Mar 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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