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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.
11,269 approved · 500 refused · 631 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HU
Received 8 Jan 202072 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LJ
Received 8 Jan 2020McDonald's Restaurant Lees Burn Court East Kilbride G74 3XB
Received 8 Jan 2020Hazeldean House Foulmyres Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PB
Received 8 Jan 202092 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DJ
Received 9 Jan 2020Land 360M NNE Of Hallside Manse Manse Brae Cambuslang
Received 9 Jan 202016 Stonebyres Holdings Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9UP
Received 9 Jan 20205 Bellsfield Drive Blantyre Glasgow G72 0XQ
Received 9 Jan 202084 Buller Crescent Blantyre G72 9JH
Received 9 Jan 2020Newton POD 2H Newton Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 2020Land 31M East Of Halltown Lodge Hall Road Nemphlar Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 202012 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 10 Jan 2020Stainton House A72 From Lanark To Kirkfieldbank Kirkfieldbank Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9HN
Received 10 Jan 2020Land At Somerville Drive Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 10 Jan 2020Land 60M Northeast Of 39 - 69 School Road School Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 20205 Coalburn Park Uddingston G71 7FG
Received 10 Jan 202032 Cadzow Drive Cambuslang G72 8NF
Received 10 Jan 2020Auchenheath House Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UX
Received 10 Jan 2020Cambuslang Old Parish Church Cairns Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8PX
Received 13 Jan 2020Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9UA
Received 13 Jan 202017 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DY
Received 13 Jan 20208 Oudenarde Court Carluke ML8 4RG
Received 13 Jan 2020Smithstone House Udston Mill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3FL
Received 13 Jan 202072A Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 13 Jan 2020Records 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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