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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.
10,694 approved · 488 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West High Cross Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 6 Jun 20193 Langholm East Kilbride G75 8YE
Received 6 Jun 20197 Larocca Lane East Kilbride G74 4FJ
Received 6 Jun 20194 Macneish Gardens East Kilbride G74 4XP
Received 6 Jun 2019Plot 17 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Jun 2019292 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3RP
Received 6 Jun 2019West Dykehead Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 6 Jun 201988 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5PG
Received 4 Jun 201913 General Roy Way Carluke ML8 4LP
Received 7 Jun 2019Little Earnock Farm 2 Highstonehall Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jun 20194 Montclare Place Larkhall ML9 2FH
Received 7 Jun 201932 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 7 Jun 201927 Drumsargard Road Rutherglen G73 5AJ
Received 7 Jun 2019West Lodge Mauldslie Castle Estate Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QD
Received 7 Jun 201923 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 7 Jun 201929 Main Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7HB
Received 7 Jun 2019Smiddy Cottage Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 4QS
Received 7 Jun 201956 Simpson Drive East Kilbride G75 0AX
Received 10 Jun 201934 Priory Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0AA
Received 10 Jun 2019Land East Of Loudon Hill Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 10 Jun 201915 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 10 Jun 2019231 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QN
Received 10 Jun 20198 Giffen Place Strathaven ML10 6HE
Received 10 Jun 20195 Keswick Drive Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 7HN
Received 10 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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