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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.
11,484 approved · 504 refused · 643 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Plewlands Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Mar 202017 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 10 Mar 2020Land 60M Northeast Of 39 - 69 School Road School Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Mar 202017 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8RZ
Received 12 Mar 20201 Glen Turret East Kilbride G74 2JT
Received 12 Mar 202012 Mansefield Crescent Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SB
Received 12 Mar 202014 Abbotsford Road Hamilton ML3 0PN
Received 12 Mar 202064 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GJ
Received 13 Mar 20209 Colebrooke Terrace Abington Biggar ML12 6SB
Received 13 Mar 2020Plot 2 Land 35M WSW Of Auchtygemmel Farm Cottage Muirhouse Road Auchenheath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Mar 2020Lampits Farm Carnwath Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RW
Received 16 Mar 202012 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 16 Mar 2020Lanark Grammar School Annexe Albany Drive Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Mar 2020106 Berwick Drive Rutherglen G73 3LS
Received 11 Mar 2020Bellshill Road Uddingston G72 6NY
Received 16 Mar 2020Land 85M North East Of Robert Smillie Memorial Primary School Glen Avenue Larkhall
Received 16 Mar 20205 Livingstone Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre Glasgow G72 0BP
Received 16 Mar 202016 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HT
Received 17 Mar 20202 Cedar Crescent Hamilton ML3 7LW
Received 17 Mar 2020Barleycorn 3-5 Low Waters Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 7LG
Received 17 Mar 20205 Rowan Gardens Larkhall ML9 2HS
Received 17 Mar 2020Phase 1AB Lyndsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2020Burn Cottage Westbank Holdings Ayr Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NL
Received 17 Mar 2020West Mains Farm Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 17 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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