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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.
11,202 approved · 499 refused · 625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 100M Northeast Of Cambuslang Karting Dale Avenue Cambuslang
Received 2 Dec 201912 Buttercup Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 7ZG
Received 3 Dec 2019Woodend Farm B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Carnwath ML11 8LR
Received 3 Dec 2019Unit 10 Newcross Centre Lamb Street Hamilton ML3 6AH
Received 3 Dec 2019Westmains Garage West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 1NH
Received 3 Dec 2019Plot 14 Albert Park Braidwood Carluke ML8 4RZ
Received 4 Dec 201941 Farm Court Bothwell G71 8BU
Received 4 Dec 201927 Lindsay Road East Kilbride G74 4HZ
Received 4 Dec 201921 Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2TZ
Received 4 Dec 20193 Hill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EA
Received 4 Dec 20192C Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0PZ
Received 5 Dec 2019144 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 5 Dec 2019Unit 3 Wilson Street Hamilton ML3 0NH
Received 5 Dec 20195 Hay Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6QA
Received 5 Dec 201949 Redwood Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FZ
Received 5 Dec 2019Land At Newton Farm - Pod 2I And 2J Newton Avenue Cambuslang
Received 6 Dec 201916 Overton Avenue Strathaven ML10 6NR
Received 6 Dec 201917 Scott Grove Hamilton ML3 6RG
Received 6 Dec 2019Westmains Garage West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 1NH
Received 6 Dec 20193 Woodhill Road Strathaven ML10 6NX
Received 6 Dec 20191 Lowther View Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6XZ
Received 9 Dec 201935 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NE
Received 9 Dec 20194 Dunclutha Drive Bothwell G71 8SQ
Received 9 Dec 2019West Dykes Farm C133 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 9 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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