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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.
11,392 approved · 502 refused · 638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Whitlawburn Redevelopment Area Western Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Feb 202014 Burnside Terrace Biggar ML12 6BY
Received 14 Feb 202052 Murdoch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8WP
Received 14 Feb 2020Thornton Lodge East Kilbride Road East Kilbride G76 9HW
Received 14 Feb 2020Wiston Lodge Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 14 Feb 2020122 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HR
Received 17 Feb 2020Townfoot Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 17 Feb 2020Land 41M Northeast Of 47 Glassford Road Glassford Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Feb 20209 Margaret Road Hamilton ML3 0LB
Received 17 Feb 202069 Salisbury East Kilbride G74 3QF
Received 17 Feb 202038 Cornfoot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ZB
Received 17 Feb 202016 Stanmore Crescent Lanark ML11 7DF
Received 18 Feb 2020Larkhall Community Growth Area Summerlee Road Larkhall
Received 18 Feb 2020Hillhouse Farm Eastertown Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TX
Received 18 Feb 2020M74 Bothwell Service Area - Southbound Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BG
Received 18 Feb 20207 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 18 Feb 20205 Inch Keith East Kilbride G74 2JZ
Received 18 Feb 202011 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 19 Feb 2020Land 23M East Of 1 Burnet Rose Place (and Others) Burnet Rose Gardens East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Feb 2020Hamilton Services M74 Hamilton Service Area - Northbound Hamilton Service Area Hamilton ML3 6JW
Received 19 Feb 202025A Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3TW
Received 18 Feb 2020Red Tree Business Centre 270 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UZ
Received 19 Feb 20201-2 11 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 19 Feb 2020Land 55M West Of 27 George Paul Road George Paul Road Carnwath Lanark
Received 19 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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