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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.
11,190 approved · 499 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lockhartbank Nemphlar Moor Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JB
Received 27 Nov 2019Land 425M Northeast Of Gilbertfield Farm Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Nov 2019Land 132M South Of 5 Kelvin Park South Kelvin Park South East Kilbride South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Nov 2019411 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen G73 2BT
Received 27 Nov 20195 Reen Place Bothwell G71 8HB
Received 27 Nov 201921 Albert Park Braidwood ML8 4RZ
Received 27 Nov 20198 Woodlea Blackwood Lanark ML11 9SY
Received 27 Nov 20199 Skye Wynd Hamilton ML3 8BF
Received 28 Nov 2019Site Of Former Petrol Station Carlisle Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Nov 201928 Duke Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2AL
Received 28 Nov 201938 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EF
Received 29 Nov 2019Land At Torheads Farm Phase 8 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Nov 20197 Bradda Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DD
Received 29 Nov 2019Land 110M Northwest Of Littlepark Cottage Jackton Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Nov 2019Wellburn Farm Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HY
Received 29 Nov 2019Proposed Residential Development - Land Around South Shields Farm Shields Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Nov 2019148 Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0EW
Received 29 Nov 20198 Snaefell Crescent Rutherglen Glasgow G73 5BY
Received 2 Dec 201924 Rangerhouse Road East Kilbride G75 0UU
Received 2 Dec 201963 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QQ
Received 2 Dec 2019Auchentibber Farm Auchentibber Road Blantyre G72 0TW
Received 2 Dec 2019Land 85M South Of 51 Brocketsbrae Road Brocketsbrae Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 2 Dec 2019Priestgill Wind Farm Little Gill Farm Abington ML12 6RW
Received 2 Dec 201923 Oak Fern Drive East Kilbride G74 4UF
Received 2 Dec 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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