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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.
10,421 approved · 483 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2B Mill Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 8HU
Received 27 Mar 2019Plot 1 Land 28M South Of 22 Riverside Road Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Mar 2019Red Tree Business Centre 270 Glasgow Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1UZ
Received 28 Mar 20191 Hazelwood Gardens Rutherglen G73 4HB
Received 28 Mar 201940 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 28 Mar 201925 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DS
Received 28 Mar 201925 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DS
Received 28 Mar 2019Mill Myres A72 From Biggar To Boundary Near Skirling Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6ZP
Received 22 Mar 201911 Sunnyside Avenue Uddingston G71 7NB
Received 28 Mar 2019Beanshields Beanshields Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PG
Received 28 Mar 201937 Mitchell Arcade Main Street Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 2LS
Received 28 Mar 2019136 Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0EW
Received 28 Mar 201910 Winton Park East Kilbride G75 8QW
Received 28 Mar 201955 Main Street Bothwell G71 8ER
Received 28 Mar 201912 Lochlea Blackwood Lanark ML11 9ST
Received 28 Mar 20192 Sneddon Street Hamilton ML3 0QX
Received 28 Mar 201955 Main Street Bothwell G71 8ER
Received 28 Mar 2019Land 490M Southeast Of Marchburn Lanark Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Mar 2019Land 115M NNE Of Clydesbank St Patricks Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Mar 2019Somervell Park Somervell Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7EB
Received 22 Mar 201949 Russell Street Hamilton ML3 0QW
Received 29 Mar 2019Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 2019Land 41M WSW Of Righead United Reformed Church Mungo Park East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 201947 Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7TU
Received 29 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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