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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.
10,744 approved · 490 refused · 606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record Valleyfield Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Jun 2019Land 150M NW Of Junction Of Barbana Road And Grado Avenue Barbana Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Jun 2019Hamilton Rugby Club Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PU
Received 27 Jun 20197 Belmont Avenue Uddingston G71 7AX
Received 27 Jun 201920 Harrington Road East Kilbride G74 1AZ
Received 27 Jun 2019Strathaven Rugby Football Club Whiteshawgate Highway Strathaven ML10 6SY
Received 26 Jun 2019Plot 2 Land 120M NNE Of Hyndford House Hyndford Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Jun 201986 Cairns Road Cambuslang G72 8PZ
Received 26 Jun 201991 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 27 Jun 2019Moncrieff Parish Church Maxwellton Road East Kilbride G74 3JJ
Received 27 Jun 2019Land 160M Northeast Of Nether Kypeside Farm C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Jun 201915 Meikle Crescent Hamilton ML3 7QA
Received 28 Jun 20192 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen G73 3EG
Received 1 Jul 201915 Pentland Gardens Larkhall ML9 1DY
Received 1 Jul 201931 Brora Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LF
Received 1 Jul 201966 Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NE
Received 1 Jul 201922 Moss Road Strathaven ML10 6BY
Received 1 Jul 2019Draffanmuir Farm Draffan Road Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3DQ
Received 28 Jun 2019Kype Muir Wind Farm - Proposed Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jul 201944 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7LZ
Received 1 Jul 201943 Glen Ogilvie East Kilbride G74 3SY
Received 1 Jul 2019Land 60M Southwest Of Thinacremuir Lodge Carscallan Road Quarter Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Jul 20198 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 2 Jul 201918 Gilderdale East Kilbride G74 4NJ
Received 2 Jul 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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