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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.
11,224 approved · 499 refused · 626 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Kelvin Court East Kilbride G75 0TZ
Received 9 Dec 20191 Allanton Gardens Ferniegair Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 7GQ
Received 9 Dec 2019Drumboy Farm Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 9 Dec 201927 Wildcat Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6AR
Received 9 Dec 201912 Dunbeath Grove Blantyre G72 0GL
Received 10 Dec 2019Land Adjacent To Claddengreen Farm Burnhouse Road Auldhouse G75 9DT
Received 10 Dec 201911 Castlehill Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TZ
Received 10 Dec 201965 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 10 Dec 20197 Strathnairn Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 8FW
Received 10 Dec 201980 Holmhills Road Cambuslang G72 8EL
Received 11 Dec 201916 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7PZ
Received 11 Dec 201925 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AS
Received 11 Dec 2019Telecommunications Mast A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Crawford Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Dec 2019Castlebank Bothy Castlebank Park St Patricks Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Dec 20195 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 11 Dec 201920 Mary Slessor Wynd Rutherglen G73 5RJ
Received 12 Dec 20192 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 12 Dec 2019Unit 8 Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 12 Dec 201915 Orchard Drive Rutherglen G73 1HE
Received 12 Dec 2019Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Dec 2019Land 565M Northeast Of Rigmuir Landfill Strathaven Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Dec 2019Silverwood House Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell Glasgow G71 8DZ
Received 13 Dec 2019Plot 2 Land 120M NNE Of Hyndford House Hyndford Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Dec 201919 Rhyber Avenue Lanark ML11 7AP
Received 13 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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