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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.
10,897 approved · 493 refused · 616 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 - 64 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AU
Received 21 Aug 20196 Perryflatts Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PB
Received 21 Aug 2019Hamilton Palace Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 21 Aug 2019Lanark Loch Equestrian Centre Hyndford Road Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9TA
Received 21 Aug 2019Gateway Site Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Aug 2019Moorpark Stadium Hyndford Road Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9BG
Received 21 Aug 20198 Clamps Terrace East Kilbride G74 2HA
Received 22 Aug 20193 Dukes Place Hamilton ML3 7TA
Received 22 Aug 2019Lower Flat 1-2 Lower Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6HW
Received 22 Aug 2019186 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9BG
Received 22 Aug 20192 Glen Lyon East Kilbride G74 2JJ
Received 23 Aug 2019Grange Peel House East Kilbride Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G76 8RS
Received 23 Aug 2019Land Off Glen Street Cambuslang G72 7PH
Received 23 Aug 201945 Hunthill Road Blantyre G72 9SR
Received 23 Aug 2019Plot 10 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 23 Aug 201965 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LY
Received 26 Aug 2019The Hoolets 113 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 26 Aug 201911 Victoria Road Rutherglen G73 3QF
Received 26 Aug 201911 Croft Walk Cambuslang G72 6WA
Received 26 Aug 201958 Thistledown Drive Cambuslang G72 6AH
Received 27 Aug 201999 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 27 Aug 201911A Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 27 Aug 201917 Kirkburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NT
Received 27 Aug 201910 Alder Gate Cambuslang G72 7ZF
Received 27 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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