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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.
10,680 approved · 488 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stewartfield Farm Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride G74 4NP
Received 3 Jun 2019Ponfeigh Bungalow Sandilands From Ponfeigh Road To A70 Prettsmill Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 3 Jun 2019Corra Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Sandilands Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9TY
Received 3 Jun 2019Land Adjacent To 19 Glen Bervie East Kilbride G74 3ST
Received 3 Jun 2019Site Of Former Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 3 Jun 201930 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8NL
Received 3 Jun 2019Land To South Of 116 To 120 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LD
Received 4 Jun 2019Smithstone House Udston Mill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3FL
Received 4 Jun 2019Unit 1 Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6UB
Received 4 Jun 201926 Fairlie East Kilbride G74 4SE
Received 4 Jun 2019Broadwood Access From Craighead Road To Low Gilkerscleugh Abington Biggar ML12 6SQ
Received 4 Jun 20192 Holm Avenue Uddingston G71 7AL
Received 4 Jun 2019Gillholm Tanhill Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 0JF
Received 4 Jun 201942 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TD
Received 4 Jun 2019Regent Way Hamilton ML3 7DZ
Received 4 Jun 2019Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 4 Jun 2019Lanark 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Jun 201988 Carnwath Road Carluke ML8 4DP
Received 5 Jun 2019160 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PN
Received 5 Jun 20197 The Beeches Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YR
Received 5 Jun 20199 Inch Garvie East Kilbride G74 2JY
Received 5 Jun 201947 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 5 Jun 201923 Canberra Drive East Kilbride G75 8DG
Received 5 Jun 201930 Oak Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GT
Received 3 Jun 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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