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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.
10,954 approved · 495 refused · 619 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lidl 1 Churchill Avenue East Kilbride G74 1BX
Received 5 Sept 20191 Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NW
Received 6 Sept 20192 Beaton Walk Cambuslang G72 8XR
Received 6 Sept 201912 Baird Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall ML9 2PJ
Received 6 Sept 20191 Lindsay Loan Lanark ML11 7EA
Received 9 Sept 20197 Wide Close Lanark ML11 7LX
Received 9 Sept 201934 Waverley Drive Rutherglen G73 3JF
Received 6 Sept 201912 Uddingston Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8PH
Received 9 Sept 2019Lidl Carlisle Road Birkenshaw Larkhall ML9 2TP
Received 9 Sept 201920 Claudius Crescent Cambuslang G72 8XD
Received 10 Sept 20195 Largo Lane Blantyre G72 0FZ
Received 10 Sept 20197 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RG
Received 10 Sept 2019Cuningar Loop Woodland Park Phase 2 Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1PW
Received 9 Sept 2019William Armstrong Goldie Road Bothwell Park Ind Est Uddingston G71 6PB
Received 10 Sept 201937 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8NH
Received 9 Sept 20191 Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 10 Sept 2019104 Carnwath Road Carluke ML8 4DP
Received 11 Sept 201956 Muirfoot Road Rigside Lanark ML11 9LY
Received 11 Sept 20192 Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2TZ
Received 10 Sept 20192 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DD
Received 10 Sept 2019Highflat Farm Highflatt Road Clarkston Glasgow G76 9EU
Received 11 Sept 201965 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 11 Sept 201965 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 11 Sept 201960 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LZ
Received 11 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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