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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.
11,472 approved · 504 refused · 641 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Armour Court Blantyre G72 9TS
Received 9 Mar 202034 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 9 Mar 2020St Marks RC Church Fernhill Road Rutherglen G73 4DA
Received 9 Mar 2020Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Mar 202019 Albert Drive Rutherglen G73 3RT
Received 10 Mar 202026 Kirkfield Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9JL
Received 10 Mar 20201 Mackenzie Gardens East Kilbride G74 4SA
Received 10 Mar 202040 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell G71 8PP
Received 10 Mar 202018 Bruce Terrace Blantyre G72 9AG
Received 10 Mar 2020Royal Oak Hotel 39 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 10 Mar 2020Royal British Legion 7 Bosfield Place East Kilbride G74 4DY
Received 10 Mar 2020Netherfield Farm Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NG
Received 11 Mar 20201 Castle Wynd Bothwell G71 8TQ
Received 11 Mar 202024 Rangerhouse Road East Kilbride G75 0UU
Received 10 Mar 202023 Waterlands Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5EX
Received 11 Mar 2020Pentland Reach - Residential Development Edinburgh Road Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Mar 2020Royal Oak Hotel 39 Bannatyne Street Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7JR
Received 11 Mar 202012 Pennycress Drive Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZH
Received 11 Mar 2020Newhouse Farm Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 11 Mar 2020The Hut Torrance Road East Kilbride G74 1AR
Received 11 Mar 2020Newhouse Park Farm Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 11 Mar 2020Newhouse Park Farm Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 11 Mar 20207 Galbraith Crescent Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5JN
Received 12 Mar 202017 Inch Marnock East Kilbride G74 2JQ
Received 12 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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