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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.
11,092 approved · 499 refused · 621 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burnhill Bar 18 Chapel Street Rutherglen G73 1JE
Received 11 Oct 20192 Howacre Lanark ML11 7PL
Received 11 Oct 2019Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Middlemuir Road Coalburn ML11 0NN
Received 11 Oct 201948 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TD
Received 11 Oct 20199 Cunninghame Road East Kilbride G74 1AX
Received 14 Oct 2019CUT Restaurant 1 Old Mill Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8AY
Received 14 Oct 20191 Old Mill Road Bothwell G71 8AY
Received 11 Oct 201930 Waverley Crescent Hamilton ML3 9NB
Received 14 Oct 2019Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 14 Oct 2019Crossbasket East Lodge Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 14 Oct 201917 Brodick Drive East Kilbride G74 4QU
Received 14 Oct 2019Toybox Nursery Maxwell Drive East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4HG
Received 14 Oct 20191 Laurel Lane Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7BF
Received 15 Oct 2019Easter Tofts Wolfcrooks Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PA
Received 15 Oct 20196 Chatelherault Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BJ
Received 15 Oct 201933 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2AP
Received 15 Oct 201941 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8BD
Received 16 Oct 20194 Stuart Avenue Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4JL
Received 16 Oct 2019Proposed Residential Development - 36M South Of Arran Court Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 16 Oct 2019Willow Lodge Ayr Road Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2UA
Received 16 Oct 201912 Kirk Mews Busheyhill Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8HY
Received 16 Oct 2019East Side Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 16 Oct 2019272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3SB
Received 16 Oct 201924 Ledvinka Crescent Hamilton ML3 0NY
Received 16 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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