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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.
11,361 approved · 502 refused · 638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Southend Court Strathaven ML10 6QU
Received 6 Feb 2020Land Adjacent To 4 Hurlawcrook Drive East Kilbride G75 0ZU
Received 6 Feb 2020Burnbank Farm Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 6 Feb 2020233A Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QN
Received 6 Feb 202063 Morven Avenue Blantyre G72 9JT
Received 7 Feb 2020Carrigans 3 Birkhill Road Hamilton ML3 8BG
Received 7 Feb 2020Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 7 Feb 202037 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8SA
Received 7 Feb 202026 Mountstuart Avenue Rigside Lanark ML11 9NR
Received 7 Feb 2020Cormiston Lodge C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 10 Feb 20202 Loanfoot Gardens Braidwood Carluke ML8 5SS
Received 10 Feb 202025 Langside Road Bothwell G71 8NQ
Received 10 Feb 20206 Wheatlandside Lanark ML11 7PQ
Received 10 Feb 2020Burnfoot Farm Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 10 Feb 2020M74 Bothwell Service Area - Southbound Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BG
Received 10 Feb 2020Norwood Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow ML8 4QT
Received 10 Feb 202033 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 10 Feb 202029 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NR
Received 10 Feb 2020The Maynes Burnhead Road Symington ML12 6JX
Received 10 Feb 2020Land 125M South Of 2 Kelvin Park South Kelvin Park South East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Feb 2020148 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PN
Received 10 Feb 2020Unit 3A Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6UB
Received 10 Feb 2020Rodger Park Nursing Home 10 Rodger Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3QZ
Received 10 Feb 202042 Baird Gardens Blantyre G72 0WT
Received 10 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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