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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.
11,503 approved · 504 refused · 644 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land At Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 20 Mar 20202A Hill Road Stonehouse ML9 3EA
Received 23 Mar 2020179 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5DQ
Received 23 Mar 2020The First Glass Pub 414 Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PT
Received 23 Mar 2020Muirhall Wind Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Auchengray Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Mar 2020Muirhall Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Auchengray Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Mar 2020Muirhall Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Auchengray Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8LL
Received 20 Mar 2020Muirhall Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 24 Mar 2020Poppyfields Browshot Road Braehead Lanark ML11 8HB
Received 24 Mar 202057 Johnstone Drive Rutherglen G73 2QA
Received 24 Mar 202013 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 24 Mar 20203 Barnhill Drive Hamilton ML3 9EZ
Received 24 Mar 20207 Green Ferns Blackwood Lanark ML11 9XT
Received 25 Mar 2020Pailis Crescent Bothwell G71 8FP
Received 25 Mar 202041 Pailis Crescent Bothwell G71 8FP
Received 25 Mar 2020Lanark Police Station 27 Westport Lanark ML11 9HB
Received 25 Mar 202037 Glen Moriston East Kilbride G74 2BD
Received 25 Mar 20202 Howacre Lanark ML11 7PL
Received 25 Mar 20204 Craigmore Wynd Larkhall ML9 2DP
Received 25 Mar 202071 Clyde Avenue Bothwell G71 8DT
Received 25 Mar 2020Chicken Shed East Park Carnwath Lanark
Received 25 Mar 202016 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PJ
Received 26 Mar 20209 Fernside Walk Hamilton ML3 7PT
Received 26 Mar 2020Proposed Residential Development - 36M South Of Arran Court Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 26 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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