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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.
10,853 approved · 492 refused · 612 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3A Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jul 2019204 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PF
Received 26 Jul 2019Land 120M Sse Of Law Primary School Law Primary School Lawhill Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jul 201919 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 29 Jul 2019Land 44M Northwest Of Unit 1 Langlands Gate Langlands Gate Kelvin Sth Buspk East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jul 20192 Kendal Road East Kilbride G75 8QT
Received 29 Jul 201919 Falkland Park East Kilbride G74 1JD
Received 29 Jul 201939 Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JY
Received 29 Jul 2019Land 47M ENE Of Sonas A706 From Lanark To Forth Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jul 201986 The Lairs Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YW
Received 29 Jul 201928 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 30 Jul 201916 Orwell Wynd East Kilbride G75 8FZ
Received 30 Jul 201923 Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride G74 4SX
Received 24 Jul 2019Laigh Knoweglass Farm Laigh Knoweglass Access East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 30 Jul 201977 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TP
Received 30 Jul 201914 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AE
Received 31 Jul 20197 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 31 Jul 201912 Whiteloans Bothwell G71 8QW
Received 31 Jul 2019The Manse Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JY
Received 31 Jul 201912 Whin Place East Kilbride G74 3XS
Received 31 Jul 20197 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 31 Jul 2019Land At Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride
Received 1 Aug 2019106 Alberta Avenue East Kilbride G75 8AY
Received 1 Aug 201986 William Drive Hamilton ML3 7RQ
Received 1 Aug 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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