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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.
10,995 approved · 497 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 16 Sept 2019North Of A702 Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6TH
Received 16 Sept 20199 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 16 Sept 2019Cathkin Braes Reservoir Highflatt Road Clarkston
Received 17 Sept 2019North Brownhill Farm High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 17 Sept 2019Unit A Stroud Trade Park Stroud Road East Kilbride G75 0FD
Received 17 Sept 2019Unit A Stroud Trade Park Stroud Road East Kilbride G75 0FD
Received 17 Sept 2019111 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 17 Sept 2019Land At Junction Of Cambuslang Road & Duchess Place, Rutherglen, G73 1DR
Received 17 Sept 201985 Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PU
Received 18 Sept 2019Yard Carlisle Road Crawford Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Sept 201946 Hardie Street Blantyre G72 0DB
Received 18 Sept 201918 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SJ
Received 18 Sept 2019The Village Hall Dunsyre Road Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NA
Received 18 Sept 2019Aikmanhill Farm Birkhill Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NJ
Received 18 Sept 2019Jasmin Townfoot Coulter Biggar ML12 6PP
Received 18 Sept 2019Broomilton Farm Broomelton Road Larkhall ML9 1QZ
Received 18 Sept 201945 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RG
Received 18 Sept 201991 Grenville Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8DW
Received 18 Sept 201945 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LL
Received 18 Sept 20191 Hill Cottage Hill Road Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3DJ
Received 18 Sept 2019Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 19 Sept 201912 Aquitania Crescent Larkhall ML9 2FL
Received 19 Sept 201910 Croft Larkhall ML9 1AX
Received 19 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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