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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.
10,264 approved · 479 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Windyridge Cottage Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3DH
Received 18 Jan 2019Larkhall Community Growth Area Summerlee Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jan 201915 Rowhead Terrace Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6DU
Received 18 Jan 201914 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AY
Received 21 Jan 2019Townend Farm Cottage Boag Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3PE
Received 21 Jan 2019The Chestnuts Newton Highway Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 21 Jan 2019Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6TS
Received 22 Jan 201973 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 21 Jan 201959 Dirleton Avenue (Plot 132 And Plots 125 - 131) Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8ZB
Received 22 Jan 20192 Waterside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PY
Received 23 Jan 2019Land 40M ENE Of Leafield Ampherlaw Farm Westsidewood Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Jan 2019Land 210M West Of Ocathian House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Jan 201920 Silverholm Drive Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7SY
Received 23 Jan 201910 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 23 Jan 20192 Haynes View Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7TB
Received 23 Jan 20191 Haynes View Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7TB
Received 23 Jan 2019Land 53M Wnw Of Bertam House Bertram Avenue Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Jan 20191 Gas Works Road Biggar ML12 6BZ
Received 23 Jan 201910 Corrie Court Hamilton ML3 9XE
Received 23 Jan 201939 Reid Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 0RG
Received 24 Jan 2019Larkhall Childrens Nursery 20 Claude Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2BU
Received 24 Jan 2019Unit 1A 35 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 25 Jan 2019Plot 10 Land 140M Northwest Of 7 Muirhead Drive Muirhead Drive Law Carluke
Received 25 Jan 2019Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 25 Jan 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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