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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.
10,454 approved · 484 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NP
Received 2 Apr 2019Lee Garden Farm Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9JA
Received 2 Apr 2019240 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UZ
Received 3 Apr 2019Oak Orchard Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 29 Mar 201930 Victoria Street Blantyre G72 0AS
Received 3 Apr 201915 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 29 Mar 201986 Reid Street Rutherglen G73 3DR
Received 29 Mar 2019Proposed Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 20194 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 3 Apr 201963 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PL
Received 3 Apr 201961 Pillans Avenue Carluke ML8 5WD
Received 4 Apr 201915 Hunston Avenue Hamilton ML3 9FP
Received 4 Apr 201997 Whiteshaw Avenue Carluke ML8 5TU
Received 4 Apr 201975 Main Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8ER
Received 4 Apr 201975 Main Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8ER
Received 4 Apr 201975 Main Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8ER
Received 4 Apr 201930 Cruachan Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 5EL
Received 4 Apr 2019Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 5 Apr 20199 Kibblestane Place Strathaven ML10 6EL
Received 2 Apr 2019Mid Brackenridge Farm Strathaven ML10 6QB
Received 5 Apr 201933 Balfron Crescent Hamilton ML3 9UH
Received 5 Apr 201928 Whittaker Avenue East Kilbride G75 9QA
Received 3 Apr 2019Site Of Former Atholl House Avondale Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Apr 2019Harperfield Lodge Kirkfieldbank Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TL
Received 8 Apr 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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