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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.
10,506 approved · 484 refused · 592 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Ardbeg Avenue Rutherglen G73 5NF
Received 11 Apr 2019106 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AE
Received 11 Apr 201928 Wingate Crescent East Kilbride G74 3JA
Received 12 Apr 201972 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PW
Received 12 Apr 201923 Cairneymount Road Carluke ML8 4EN
Received 15 Apr 2019The Old School Guest House Old School House 59 Swinhill Road Birkenshaw Larkhall ML9 2TX
Received 15 Apr 20196 Strathwhillan Drive East Kilbride G75 8GT
Received 15 Apr 201936 Avon Street Larkhall ML9 1AT
Received 15 Apr 201942 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LZ
Received 15 Apr 2019Land 43M North Of East Overton House East Overton Hamilton Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Apr 201942 Burleigh Gardens Cambuslang G72 8ZD
Received 16 Apr 201991 Lochmaben Crescent (and No.92) Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8YZ
Received 16 Apr 201930 Buchan Street Hamilton ML3 8JZ
Received 16 Apr 2019Fireford Plantation Elsrickle South Lanarkshire ML12 6RE
Received 16 Apr 201917 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4UN
Received 12 Apr 2019Land 140M Northwest Of 7 Muirhead Drive Muirhead Drive Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Apr 2019Land 140M Northwest Of 7 Muirhead Drive Muirhead Drive Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Apr 20198A Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 16 Apr 2019Land 65M Northeast Of 291 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Apr 2019Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 17 Apr 2019Land 27M NW Of 31 Kavanagh Crescent Kavanagh Crescent East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Apr 2019Bingo Hall King Street Larkhall ML9 1DP
Received 17 Apr 20192-4 Princes Square Town Centre East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1JU
Received 17 Apr 20197 Lochbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5QL
Received 15 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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