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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.
11,423 approved · 503 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 27 Feb 2020Philips Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BZ
Received 28 Feb 202035 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen G73 3LG
Received 28 Feb 202052 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 28 Feb 2020Balwaistie Biggarshiels Road Biggar ML12 6RE
Received 28 Feb 202067 Kelso Drive East Kilbride G74 4DA
Received 28 Feb 2020Land 55M West Of 6 Lesmahagow Road Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Feb 2020100 Milford East Kilbride G75 9BU
Received 2 Mar 202024 Capel Grove East Kilbride G74 3DE
Received 2 Mar 2020Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven
Received 2 Mar 2020Burnett View 19 Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QB
Received 2 Mar 202028 Carrick Road East Kilbride G74 4AE
Received 2 Mar 20205 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 2 Mar 202012 Rosemount Meadows Bothwell G71 8EL
Received 2 Mar 20209 Kingsheath Avenue Rutherglen G73 2DG
Received 2 Mar 2020Unit 5 & 6 Ld Industrial House Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6UB
Received 2 Mar 2020Coulter Lodge A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar ML12 6PZ
Received 2 Mar 202035 Meikle Crescent Hamilton ML3 7QA
Received 3 Mar 2020Dungigin Cottage School Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RA
Received 3 Mar 202020 Stonebyres Holdings Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 3 Mar 202020 Baltersan Gardens Quarter Hamilton ML3 7QW
Received 3 Mar 202015 Belleisle Avenue Uddingston G71 7AP
Received 3 Mar 2020Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Middlemuir Road Coalburn ML11 0NN
Received 3 Mar 202017 Woodpark Lesmahagow ML11 0BS
Received 4 Mar 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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