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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.
11,514 approved · 504 refused · 645 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 150M Southwest Of Wooddean Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Mar 202022 Kylepark Crescent Uddingston G71 7DQ
Received 26 Mar 202029 Tanzieknowe Drive Cambuslang G72 8RG
Received 26 Mar 2020Ashlea Court Care Home Ashgillhead Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AE
Received 26 Mar 2020Mid Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 0QQ
Received 26 Mar 202079 Station Road Law Carluke ML8 5LW
Received 27 Mar 2020The Bungalow Avon Bridge Old Avon Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UH
Received 27 Mar 2020Site Of Former Petrol Station Carlisle Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Mar 2020Northway Service Station 87 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5BY
Received 27 Mar 202022 Beechwood Crescent Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0ET
Received 30 Mar 20205 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 30 Mar 2020Kirkwood Manse Cottage A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar ML12 6PP
Received 30 Mar 2020Kirkwood Manse Cottage A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar ML12 6PP
Received 30 Mar 2020McDonalds Queensway East Kilbride G74 5NY
Received 31 Mar 202011 Castlehill Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TZ
Received 31 Mar 2020Driving Test Centre Selkirk Street Hamilton ML3 6RQ
Received 31 Mar 20202 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 31 Mar 202019 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DS
Received 31 Mar 202012 Medwin Court East Kilbride G75 8JY
Received 31 Mar 2020Land 22M Southwest Of Craigie Abington Road Symington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 2020Unit 7 Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Glasgow G71 6NW
Received 31 Mar 202088 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8AG
Received 24 Mar 2020Lesmahagow Community Fire Station Carlisle Road Lesmahagow ML11 0DT
Received 31 Mar 20202 Sunnyside Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XH
Received 31 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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