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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.
10,485 approved · 484 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of Former Roadmeetings Hospital Goremire Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Apr 20194 James Square Biggar ML12 6GL
Received 8 Apr 2019Gospel Hall Manse Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8AJ
Received 8 Apr 20191 Curfew Place Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XX
Received 8 Apr 201921 Royal Drive Hamilton ML3 7DJ
Received 8 Apr 2019Dunvegan Bagmoors Road Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SR
Received 4 Apr 201922 Honeycomb Place Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3DB
Received 8 Apr 20195 Rowan Walk Strathaven ML10 6HH
Received 9 Apr 2019Clydebridge Ballochmill Road Rutherglen G73 1PT
Received 5 Apr 2019Crawforddyke Primary School Eastfield Road Carluke ML8 4NZ
Received 10 Apr 2019Silverwood House Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DZ
Received 10 Apr 2019Pentland Reach - Residential Development Edinburgh Road Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Apr 201913A Hunter Street East Kilbride G74 4LZ
Received 9 Apr 201911 Drumilaw Road Rutherglen G73 4NT
Received 10 Apr 2019Avonbank House Avonbank Road Larkhall ML9 1QS
Received 10 Apr 2019Avonbank House Avonbank Road Larkhall ML9 1QS
Received 10 Apr 201917 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 10 Apr 2019Allershaw House Allershaw Lodge Daer Water Elvanfoot Biggar ML12 6TJ
Received 10 Apr 2019Land 47M Southwest Of 11 Waterlands Road Waterlands Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Apr 2019Hillside Farm Foulford Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JS
Received 11 Apr 2019Salvation Army Hall Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 11 Apr 2019Land At Pizza Hut Nerston Road Kingsgate Retail Park East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4UN
Received 11 Apr 2019Knowehead Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 11 Apr 201914 Southcroft Road Biggar ML12 6AJ
Received 11 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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