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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.
10,275 approved · 479 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 50M Southeast Of Old Bridgend A72 From Lanark To Kirkfieldbank Kirkfieldbank Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Jan 201942 Green Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LW
Received 28 Jan 201911 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AA
Received 28 Jan 2019Carlisle Court Birkenshaw Larkhall ML9 2FD
Received 25 Jan 2019158 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PN
Received 28 Jan 201912 Turnbull Way Strathaven ML10 6UZ
Received 29 Jan 2019Land 100M Wnw Of Larkhall Leisure Centre Broomhill Drive Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jan 2019Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 29 Jan 20194 Rosefield Gardens Uddingston G71 7AW
Received 29 Jan 2019Greenstrands Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TY
Received 30 Jan 2019Lammermoor Recreation Area Kenilworth East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jan 2019Plot 8 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jan 201925 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6PY
Received 30 Jan 201918 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 30 Jan 201914 Hamilton Drive Cambuslang G72 8JG
Received 30 Jan 201916 Woodlands Terrace Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PR
Received 30 Jan 2019The Bothy Blackwood Estate Access For Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow ML11 0JG
Received 30 Jan 201942 Warrenhill Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PF
Received 31 Jan 2019Whinney Knowe Roberton Back Road Dolphinton EH46 7HJ
Received 31 Jan 2019Plots 1 And 2 Land At Former Glengonnar School Carlisle Road Abington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Jan 2019338 Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RW
Received 31 Jan 2019Land 34M West Of 284 King Street King Street Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Jan 2019Eastford B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth Lanark ML11 8ET
Received 31 Jan 20199 Dalmellington Court Hamilton ML3 9DA
Received 31 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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