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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.
11,099 approved · 499 refused · 621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Shawsgate Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3FE
Received 17 Oct 201935 Loch Torridon East Kilbride G74 2EU
Received 17 Oct 2019Geil Mill Cottage Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RG
Received 17 Oct 201957 - 59 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AH
Received 17 Oct 2019Law Primary School Lawhill Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5HA
Received 17 Oct 201921 Crawfurd Gardens Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4JP
Received 18 Oct 201974 Vancouver Drive East Kilbride G75 8LG
Received 18 Oct 2019Former Abington Primary School Carlisle Road Abington Biggar ML12 6SD
Received 18 Oct 2019102 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8AF
Received 18 Oct 2019Blackwood Estate Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 21 Oct 2019Toys R Us Mavor Avenue Nerston Ind Est East Kilbride G74 4QX
Received 21 Oct 201928 Central Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8AZ
Received 21 Oct 201929 Hay Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6QA
Received 21 Oct 2019Bankwood Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8HJ
Received 22 Oct 2019190 Brankholm Brae Hamilton ML3 9QR
Received 20 Oct 201925 Whiteford Court Hamilton ML3 7UW
Received 22 Oct 201912 Whiteloans Bothwell South Lanarkshire G71 8QW
Received 22 Oct 201939 The Olympia Town Centre East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Oct 2019207 Brownside Road Rutherglen G73 5BD
Received 22 Oct 20197 Griffiths Way Law Carluke ML8 5HX
Received 22 Oct 2019Trinity Glassford Church Hall Jackson Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TQ
Received 22 Oct 20191 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 22 Oct 2019Lammermoor Recreation Area Kenilworth East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Oct 2019Calderglen Country Park At South Of Play Park And North Of Coach House. Strathaven Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 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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