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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.
11,494 approved · 504 refused · 643 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
154 Western Road Cambuslang G72 8EG
Received 18 Mar 2020Strathaven Golf Club Overton Avenue Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 18 Mar 2020Depot Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1PW
Received 18 Mar 20206 Langlands Square Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride G75 0YY
Received 18 Mar 2020Cleughearn House Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 9DP
Received 18 Mar 202038 Castle Wynd Bothwell G71 8TQ
Received 19 Mar 202031 Thorn Avenue Blantyre G72 0TY
Received 19 Mar 20201-2 87 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AG
Received 19 Mar 2020Land 19M NNE Of 39 Graham Avenue Graham Avenue Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Mar 2020Killara 18 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 19 Mar 20207 Ravenswood Road Strathaven ML10 6JB
Received 19 Mar 202016 High Street Carluke ML8 4AJ
Received 19 Mar 202010 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 19 Mar 2020Biggar Rugby Football Club Hartree Mill Sports Ground Boghall Road Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 19 Mar 20204 Holstein Avenue Hamilton ML3 8SE
Received 19 Mar 2020Hunters Close Car Park North Vennel Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Mar 2020Land 30M Northeast Of 1 Milrig Road Milrig Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Mar 2020Land 63M WSW Of Cartland Mains Cottage Cartland Road Cartland Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Mar 2020Schoolhouse School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 20 Mar 20206 Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7LD
Received 20 Mar 202061 Montgomery Street Larkhall ML9 2AD
Received 20 Mar 202035 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 20 Mar 2020Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 20 Mar 20208 The Beeches Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YR
Received 20 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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