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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.
11,137 approved · 499 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PJ
Received 4 Nov 201921 Sutherland Crescent Hamilton ML3 9SJ
Received 4 Nov 201960 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 4 Nov 2019Land Opposite 255 Climpy Road Forth Lanark ML11 8EW
Received 4 Nov 2019Land 60M Ese Of 54 Arrotshole Road Fairfield Place College Milton Indest East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Nov 2019St Johns Parish Church Duke Street Hamilton ML3 7DT
Received 4 Nov 2019St Johns Parish Church Duke Street Hamilton ML3 7DT
Received 4 Nov 201930 Springfield Park Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3RQ
Received 5 Nov 20191 Croftbank Crescent Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8FR
Received 4 Nov 2019Land 340M SSW Of Turnilaw Cottage Crookedshields Highway East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Nov 2019Aldi School Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8PJ
Received 5 Nov 2019Plot 9 Proposed Residential Development - 90M North Of Millburn Glen Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 5 Nov 2019Land 30M East Of 25 Townhead Street Townhead Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Nov 2019Land Off Jackton Road Adjacent To Eaglesham G75 8RR
Received 5 Nov 2019Thorntonhall Lawn Tennis Club 7-19 Wellknowe Place Thorntonhall G74 5QA
Received 5 Nov 2019Site Of Former Miners Welfare Club 86 Mill Road Cambuslang
Received 5 Nov 201921 Douglas Street Hamilton ML3 0BP
Received 6 Nov 20196 New Way Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1DH
Received 6 Nov 2019Auldhouse Farm Auldhouse Road Auldhouse G75 9DT
Received 5 Nov 2019Land 75M Northeast Of Edenvale House Goremire Road Carluke
Received 6 Nov 2019Dykehead House Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RH
Received 6 Nov 201935 Cityford Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2QS
Received 6 Nov 201924 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3PE
Received 6 Nov 201925 Swansea Lane Carluke ML8 4SA
Received 6 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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