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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.
11,456 approved · 503 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 4 Mar 2020Hunters Close Car Park North Vennel Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Mar 2020Plot 9 Land 82M Southwest Of Herons Rise Access For Kersewell College From A70 To Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Mar 20209 Strathconon Gardens East Kilbride G75 8FN
Received 5 Mar 20209 Rannoch Wynd Rutherglen G73 5QA
Received 5 Mar 202045 St Leonards Road East Kilbride G74 2JB
Received 5 Mar 202019 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 5 Mar 2020Lower Dykehead Dykehead Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PD
Received 5 Mar 2020G72 Style Bar 351 Main Street Blantyre G72 0DJ
Received 6 Mar 2020Carluke High Mill Chapel Street Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Mar 2020Carluke High Mill Chapel Street Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Mar 2020Waterside Millwell Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0QL
Received 6 Mar 20203 Wentworth Gardens East Kilbride G74 5PY
Received 6 Mar 202021 Springbank Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TY
Received 9 Mar 202020 Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride G74 4SX
Received 9 Mar 202025 Shaw Street Larkhall ML9 1PJ
Received 9 Mar 202010 Broomieknowe Gardens Rutherglen G73 3QA
Received 9 Mar 2020111 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QG
Received 9 Mar 20203 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen G73 5AX
Received 9 Mar 2020Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 9 Mar 2020Unit 1 EPS Industrial Estate A743 From Lanark To Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SA
Received 9 Mar 2020Site Of Former Petrol Station Carlisle Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Mar 2020Site Adjacent To Burnbank Cottage Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 9 Mar 20202 Barbush Place Strathaven ML10 6JQ
Received 9 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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