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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.
11,400 approved · 502 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7TP
Received 19 Feb 2020280 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EG
Received 19 Feb 2020Lawhead C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LW
Received 19 Feb 202037 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7UR
Received 19 Feb 2020Rosemount Service Station 75 Lanark Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QL
Received 19 Feb 20206 Carrick Drive Rutherglen G73 4PE
Received 20 Feb 202011 Classroom Close Hamilton ML3 8RS
Received 20 Feb 2020Land 27M NW Of 31 Kavanagh Crescent Kavanagh Crescent East Kilbride
Received 20 Feb 202042 West Wellbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 8HE
Received 20 Feb 2020Lamington Mains Farm Langholm Road Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 20 Feb 202017 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 20 Feb 202043 Dukes Road Cambuslang G72 7AJ
Received 20 Feb 202024 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen G73 3QT
Received 21 Feb 202014 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NU
Received 21 Feb 2020Bonnington Power Station Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 21 Feb 2020Auchenheath House Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UX
Received 21 Feb 20201 Springfield Gate East Kilbride G75 9QB
Received 21 Feb 2020Auchenheath House Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UX
Received 21 Feb 2020Land To The North Of Craigbank Primary School Glengonnar Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Feb 20204 Dene Park Biggar ML12 6DD
Received 24 Feb 202058 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang G72 7HY
Received 24 Feb 202050 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AE
Received 24 Feb 202044 Grant Court Hamilton ML3 7UT
Received 24 Feb 2020Wilkie Road Uddingston G71 7EF
Received 24 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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