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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.
10,777 approved · 490 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Campbell Crescent Bothwell G71 8HD
Received 4 Jul 201918 Eden Grove East Kilbride G75 8XU
Received 4 Jul 201944 Bute East Kilbride G74 2AZ
Received 4 Jul 2019Newhouse Park Farm Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8NP
Received 14 Jun 2019Plot 14 (and Plot 18) Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Jul 2019Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 8 Jul 201920 Powburn Crescent Uddingston G71 7SS
Received 8 Jul 2019Former Glengowan Primary School Academy Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Jul 2019Land At West Farm Jackton Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Jul 201917 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DG
Received 8 Jul 20196 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 9 Jul 2019Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 9 Jul 2019Land 75M Northeast Of Edenvale House Goremire Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jul 2019Land 42M Northwest Of 14 St Patricks Road St Patricks Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jul 201955 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 9 Jul 2019Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PR
Received 9 Jul 201924 Glassford Road Strathaven ML10 6LL
Received 5 Jul 201956 Russell Street Hamilton ML3 9HZ
Received 9 Jul 2019Plot 11C Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 10 Jul 201914 Foinavon Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XT
Received 10 Jul 2019Land To Rear Of West End Mechanical Services A743 Lanark ML11 7SA
Received 11 Jul 20191A Bencroft Avenue Biggar ML12 6EU
Received 11 Jul 201923 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre G72 0GT
Received 11 Jul 2019Kames Golf And Country Club A721 From Carluke To Carstairs Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 11 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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