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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.
11,524 approved · 504 refused · 645 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Paddock Drive Carluke ML8 4AY
Received 1 Apr 2020131 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DT
Received 1 Apr 2020Avonclyde Cottage 15A Smithycroft Hamilton ML3 7UL
Received 1 Apr 202044 Castle Wynd Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XD
Received 1 Apr 202071 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JQ
Received 1 Apr 2020The Cottage Oak Orchard Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 2 Apr 202043 Dukes Road Cambuslang G72 7AJ
Received 2 Apr 2020Muirhall Wind Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Auchengray Lanark
Received 2 Apr 202026 Tynwald Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RN
Received 2 Apr 2020Broadfield Farm Broadfield Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JZ
Received 2 Apr 2020Plot 2 Land 65M NNE Of Devonshaw Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Apr 2020Flat 1 1 Wide Close Lanark ML11 7LX
Received 30 Mar 2020Hillhouse Farm Eastertown Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TX
Received 3 Apr 20206A Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 3 Apr 202015 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QQ
Received 3 Apr 2020120 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AE
Received 3 Apr 20209 Avon Crescent Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TP
Received 6 Apr 2020Fromer Regional War Room Rankine Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0QF
Received 6 Apr 20201 Friarsdene Lanark ML11 9EJ
Received 6 Apr 202025 Mccallum Grove East Kilbride G74 4SJ
Received 6 Apr 20202 Weirs Gate Strathaven ML10 6LD
Received 6 Apr 202017 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6EU
Received 6 Apr 2020Muirburn Farm Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NF
Received 7 Apr 202024 Campsie Road East Kilbride G75 9GE
Received 7 Apr 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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