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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.
11,125 approved · 499 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Birks Road Larkhall ML9 1PA
Received 29 Oct 2019Land 100M ESE Of 208 Woodland Crescent Auld Kirk Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Oct 2019Plot 4 Elmwood Nursery Biggar Road Symington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Oct 201910 Strachan Place Blantyre G72 0TD
Received 29 Oct 201958 Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JA
Received 29 Oct 20192 Roe Drive Cambuslang G72 6WQ
Received 29 Oct 201973 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 29 Oct 2019Land 85M ENE Of Jackton Cottage Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Oct 20192 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6WU
Received 30 Oct 20194 Downfield Gardens Bothwell G71 8UW
Received 30 Oct 201950 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6DU
Received 30 Oct 2019Broken Cross Open Cast Mine Tower Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 30 Oct 2019Greenrig Farm Greenrig Road Hawksland Lanark ML11 9QB
Received 31 Oct 201940 Crofthead Street Strathaven ML10 6BB
Received 30 Oct 2019Land Adjacent 35 Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SS
Received 31 Oct 2019Fieldway Braehead Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5AQ
Received 31 Oct 2019120 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AE
Received 31 Oct 20191 Fife Gardens Bothwell G71 8FG
Received 31 Oct 20198 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston G71 7HG
Received 1 Nov 201947 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 3LH
Received 30 Oct 20193 Fleming Gardens Blackwood Lanark ML11 9RY
Received 1 Nov 201958 Westwood Crescent Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 8LJ
Received 1 Nov 2019Kerse Carlisle Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HX
Received 1 Nov 2019Cathkin Braes Reservoir Highflatt Road Clarkston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Nov 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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