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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.
11,184 approved · 499 refused · 623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ellisland East Kilbride G74 3SF
Received 21 Nov 201927 Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6JA
Received 22 Nov 201913 Elm Road Rutherglen G73 4JR
Received 22 Nov 2019Netherlea House Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 22 Nov 2019121 Lanark Road Carstairs Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8QQ
Received 22 Nov 2019121 Lanark Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QQ
Received 22 Nov 20192 Redwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 5PE
Received 22 Nov 2019Tesco Filling Station Tesco Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7ET
Received 22 Nov 201911 Law Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QL
Received 22 Nov 2019Takamatua School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 22 Nov 201923 Allan Avenue Carluke ML8 5UA
Received 25 Nov 20191 Barrack Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Nov 2019Rutherglen West And Wardlawhill Parish Church Hall 3 Western Avenue Rutherglen G73 1JQ
Received 22 Oct 20197 Mousebank Road Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7PD
Received 25 Nov 201931 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 25 Nov 201911 Livingston Lane Cambuslang G72 8ST
Received 26 Nov 2019Land 22M West Of 15 Clove Mill Wynd Clove Mill Wynd Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Nov 201969 Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0DN
Received 26 Nov 201932 Queen Street Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 26 Nov 201912A Russell Street Hamilton ML3 0QP
Received 26 Nov 201999 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 8AG
Received 26 Nov 20195 Plantation Grove Cambuslang G72 6PD
Received 27 Nov 2019Plot 5 Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8
Received 26 Nov 2019Old Mill Lanark Road Dalserf Larkhall ML9 3BJ
Received 27 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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