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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.
10,941 approved · 495 refused · 619 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Old Brae Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0EH
Received 30 Aug 201912 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 2 Sept 2019Ravenswood 20 Coulter Road Biggar ML12 6EP
Received 2 Sept 20194 Glen Arroch East Kilbride G74 2BP
Received 2 Sept 201913 The Crescent Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0DP
Received 2 Sept 2019Strathaven Police Station 31 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 2 Sept 20194 Wood Aven Drive East Kilbride G74 4UE
Received 2 Sept 2019The Green Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 2 Sept 20192 Magnolia Drive Cambuslang G72 7NP
Received 3 Sept 201943 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 3 Sept 2019179 Stonefield Road Blantyre G72 9SD
Received 3 Sept 2019Crutherland Farm Crutherland Highway East Kilbride G75 0QJ
Received 3 Sept 2019Brookside Garden Centre Lanark Road End Larkhall ML9 2UG
Received 4 Sept 20195 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 4 Sept 2019Rowanwood House 6 Mackenzie Gardens Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HS
Received 4 Sept 201963 Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0XE
Received 4 Sept 201947 Lomond East Kilbride G75 0BP
Received 4 Sept 20191 Peel Park Place College Milton Indest East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5LS
Received 5 Sept 20196 Berryhill Court Strathaven ML10 6XD
Received 5 Sept 201961 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PL
Received 5 Sept 2019Proposed Wind Turbine - 1080M ESE Of High Dykes Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Sept 20191 Singer Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0XS
Received 5 Sept 201919 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 5 Sept 201919 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 5 Sept 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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