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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.
13,724 approved · 544 refused · 817 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11A Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 18 Jan 2021Land 32M Southeast Of 170 New Trows Road New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jan 202130 Westport Lanark ML11 9HE
Received 18 Jan 2021Nether Lethame Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strataven ML10 6RW
Received 18 Jan 202138 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 18 Jan 202185 Rosslyn Avenue Rutherglen G73 3EZ
Received 19 Jan 2021Strathaven Airfield Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 19 Jan 2021Public Toilets - Closed Green Street Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Jan 2021Tweedieside Cottage Boag Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PJ
Received 19 Jan 2021Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jan 2021Plot 5 Heads Farm Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 19 Jan 20212 Weir Court Biggar ML12 6BH
Received 20 Jan 20212 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 20 Jan 20218 Peel Park Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 20 Jan 2021Strathaven Airfield Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 20 Jan 202139 Hamilton Street Larkhall ML9 2AT
Received 20 Jan 202131 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 20 Jan 202118A James Street Carluke ML8 4DE
Received 21 Jan 202163 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 21 Jan 2021Eastertown Farm Wolfcrooks Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TX
Received 21 Jan 202147 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 22 Jan 20219 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HS
Received 22 Jan 202119 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride G75 8RL
Received 25 Jan 202112 Windmill Road Hamilton ML3 6LU
Received 25 Jan 2021Records 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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