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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.
11,342 approved · 502 refused · 635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Douglas Avenue Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0ND
Received 3 Feb 2020Yieldshields Road Carluke
Received 3 Feb 202033 Hill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EA
Received 3 Feb 202016 Galston Court Hamilton ML3 7YH
Received 3 Feb 20209A Old Bothwell Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8AW
Received 3 Feb 20206 Lindores Place East Kilbride G74 1HF
Received 4 Feb 20205 Mansion Street Cambuslang G72 7JN
Received 4 Feb 202055 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3PF
Received 4 Feb 202011 Red Kite Place Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GL
Received 4 Feb 2020Overton Park Bowling Greens Overtoun Park Recreation Area Rodger Drive Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Feb 20209 Windmill Road Hamilton ML3 6LX
Received 4 Feb 2020108 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EG
Received 4 Feb 20206 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen G73 1XW
Received 4 Feb 2020Land At Bartie Gardens Ashgill Larkhall
Received 4 Feb 20202 Primrose Place Strathaven ML10 6LS
Received 4 Feb 2020Land 48M South Of 36 Libberton Road Biggar Road Libberton Lanark
Received 4 Feb 20205-7 Severn Road East Kilbride G75 8QZ
Received 4 Feb 20205 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AR
Received 5 Feb 2020Cherry Cottage Osborne Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5AE
Received 5 Feb 202027 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 5 Feb 20203 Upper Bourtree Gardens Rutherglen G73 4HU
Received 5 Feb 202010 Samson Crescent Carluke ML8 4RP
Received 5 Feb 2020Low Waters Miners Welfare And Social Club 4 Alness Street Hamilton ML3 6RU
Received 6 Feb 2020Vacant Land To North Of Lawhill Road And West Of Stroma Lawhill Road Law Carluke ML8 5EZ
Received 6 Feb 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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