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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.
10,808 approved · 491 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
140 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QS
Received 10 Jul 20198 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EG
Received 11 Jul 201922 Nellfield Gardens Braidwood Carluke ML8 5GX
Received 11 Jul 20194 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JX
Received 11 Jul 2019North Crookedstone Cottage Limekilnburn Road Limekilnburn ML3 7XG
Received 12 Jul 2019Land 38M Nne Of 56 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Jul 2019East Rogerton Farm Nerston Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4NX
Received 11 Jul 201951 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 2 Jul 2019Mid Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 0QQ
Received 12 Jul 20192 Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 12 Jul 201934 Annsfield Road Hamilton ML3 8BQ
Received 12 Jul 2019Douglas West Wind Farm Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jul 2019Douglas West Wind Farm Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jul 2019Douglas West Wind Farm Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jul 2019Land 45M South Of 56 Ell Crescent Ell Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jul 2019Bankwood Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 15 Jul 201929 Main Street ("9A Cambuslang Gate") Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jul 201936 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4HJ
Received 16 Jul 2019142 Main Street Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jul 2019142 Main Street Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jul 201955 Callaghan Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PS
Received 16 Jul 2019Torrance Lodge Gatehouse Calderglen Country Park Strathaven Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0QZ
Received 12 Jul 2019Asda Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6AD
Received 16 Jul 20195 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 16 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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