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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.
11,282 approved · 500 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Cuningar Loop Site Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Jan 20203 Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DS
Received 14 Jan 202049 Bullionslaw Drive Rutherglen G73 3ND
Received 14 Jan 2020Crawforddyke Primary School Eastfield Road Carluke ML8 4NZ
Received 14 Jan 2020Greggs 151 Western Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8PE
Received 15 Jan 2020Land Between Downiebrae Road And River Clyde Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jan 2020Land 100M West Of Bystone Cottage Peel Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jan 202062 Pine Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TZ
Received 16 Jan 20203 Woodhill Road Strathaven ML10 6NX
Received 16 Jan 202021 Elliot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ET
Received 16 Jan 202071 Redwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 16 Jan 2020Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jan 202065 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 17 Jan 2020The Castle 4 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7HE
Received 17 Jan 20204 Elvanfoot Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YF
Received 17 Jan 2020Land 35M North Of 4 Main Street Main Street Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jan 2020Vacant Site South Of Silverwood House Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8DZ
Received 20 Jan 20204 Broadleaf Court Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6GF
Received 20 Jan 2020Johnshill Farm C202 From Balgray Road Lesmahagow To C13 New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0JR
Received 20 Jan 202010 Honeysuckle Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6PB
Received 20 Jan 202016 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PJ
Received 20 Jan 2020The Castle 4 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7HE
Received 20 Jan 2020Land 82M East Of Block 4 West Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark
Received 21 Jan 20203 Caledonian Avenue Crawford Biggar ML12 6TX
Received 21 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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