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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.
11,032 approved · 498 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
St Marks RC Church Fernhill Road Rutherglen G73 4DA
Received 25 Sept 2019Jasmin Townfoot A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar ML12 6PP
Received 26 Sept 2019184-188 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HR
Received 26 Sept 20194 Hillend Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 4JX
Received 27 Sept 2019108 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EG
Received 27 Sept 201975 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 30 Sept 201954 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 30 Sept 20192 Kirkwood Gate Strathaven ML10 6GX
Received 30 Sept 201960 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 30 Sept 2019272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SB
Received 30 Sept 2019Crossbasket Castle Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 1 Oct 20197 Woodhead Drive Bothwell G71 8AF
Received 1 Oct 201910 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 1 Oct 201962 Miller Street Larkhall ML9 2HN
Received 1 Oct 20191 Ashmore Avenue Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GJ
Received 1 Oct 2019Unit 3 Block 4 Fullwood Park Industrial Estate Fullwood Park Ind Estate Hamilton ML3 9AZ
Received 2 Oct 20191 Dunlin East Kilbride G74 4RU
Received 2 Oct 2019West Coldstream Farm Coldstream Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6SU
Received 2 Oct 2019Ryelands Farm Waterhead Peelhill Highway Between A71 And B743 Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 2 Oct 2019110 Maxwellton Road East Kilbride G74 3LZ
Received 3 Oct 201925 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen G73 1XW
Received 2 Oct 2019Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2UB
Received 3 Oct 201910 Dexter Court East Kilbride G75 9BG
Received 4 Oct 201980 John Street Larkhall ML9 2ET
Received 4 Oct 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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