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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.
10,834 approved · 491 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HE
Received 17 Jul 2019Broomhill Lodge Access For Kersewell College From A70 To Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LF
Received 17 Jul 2019Land 280M Northeast Of Gainerhill Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jul 2019Land 100M East Of Old Mill Lanark Road Dalserf Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jul 2019Hayhill House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 17 Jul 2019Thorntonhall Tennis Club 17-19 Wellknowe Place Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 17 Jul 2019Kirklandpark Primary School Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6DY
Received 17 Jul 2019Land 44M Southwest Of Lidl On St James Avenue Redwood Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jul 20197 Southend Court Strathaven ML10 6QU
Received 18 Jul 2019Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jul 2019Land 44M Southwest Of Lidl On St James Avenue Redwood Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jul 2019Land 12M Northeast Of Unit 6A Caledonia Place Caledonia Place Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Jul 20195 Calgary Place East Kilbride G75 8AH
Received 19 Jul 201954 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 19 Jul 201946 Overtoun Drive Rutherglen G73 2QE
Received 19 Jul 2019Douglas Gardens Uddingston
Received 19 Jul 2019Land 350M East Of Kennedies Farm Highstonehall Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Jul 201911 Daer Way Hamilton ML3 9JT
Received 22 Jul 2019100 Brownlee Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5JD
Received 22 Jul 201922 Barncluith Road Hamilton ML3 7DQ
Received 22 Jul 201910 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell G71 8TH
Received 22 Jul 2019Fairways Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 19 Jul 20191 Wellhall Court Hamilton ML3 9BJ
Received 19 Jul 201922 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HG
Received 22 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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