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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.
10,380 approved · 482 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Larkhall Community Growth Area Summerlee Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Mar 2019Lanark 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Mar 201952 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BU
Received 6 Mar 201974 Primrose Avenue Larkhall ML9 1JY
Received 6 Mar 2019Land 140M West Of 165 Lanark Road Lanark Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Mar 201910 Dalziel Way Cambuslang G72 7US
Received 6 Mar 201950 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GJ
Received 6 Mar 2019The Old School Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 4 Mar 201930 Glen Gairn East Kilbride G74 2JG
Received 7 Mar 2019Raws Farm High Kype Road Strathaven ML10 6PR
Received 7 Mar 2019Galalea Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 7 Mar 2019Land 28M Northwest Of 21 Lanark Road - Plot 4 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Mar 201921 Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 7 Mar 201921 Heathfield Drive Blackwood Lanark ML11 9SR
Received 7 Mar 201918 Murray Crescent Blantyre G72 0WX
Received 7 Mar 2019Clyde Avenue Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell
Received 6 Mar 201949 Castle Gate Uddingston G71 7HU
Received 7 Mar 2019High Blackwoodyards Farm B7086 From Boghead Kirkmuirhill To Deadwaters Bridge Boghead Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0JH
Received 7 Mar 201934 Grenville Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8DP
Received 8 Mar 201912 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen G73 3PE
Received 8 Mar 2019122 Glen Tennet East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3UY
Received 8 Mar 201911 Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7RX
Received 8 Mar 2019Land 46M Northeast Of Langholm House Langholm Road Lamington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Mar 20192 Redwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 5PE
Received 11 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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