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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.
13,738 approved · 545 refused · 817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
223 Montford Avenue Rutherglen G73 2EG
Received 25 Jan 202110 Berwick Drive Rutherglen G73 3JP
Received 25 Jan 2021Albert Park Braidwood Carluke ML8 4RZ
Received 25 Jan 20211 Belstane Road Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 25 Jan 2021Land At Millheugh Brae Larkhall ML9 1AS
Received 25 Jan 2021Duneaton Quarry B7078 From Millbank To Abington Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 25 Jan 2021Yonderton Farm House C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HL
Received 25 Jan 2021Proposed Bodinglee Wind Farm Bodinglee Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Jan 2021Highflat Farm Highflatt Road Clarkston G76 9EU
Received 26 Jan 202122 Sydney Drive East Kilbride G75 8DH
Received 26 Jan 20213 Mcguire Gate Bothwell G71 8FL
Received 26 Jan 2021Harestanes South Windfarm Extension Dumfries And Galloway
Received 26 Jan 20215 Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen G73 4EJ
Received 26 Jan 202135 Blacklands Road East Kilbride G74 1BE
Received 26 Jan 202118 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen G73 3LG
Received 26 Jan 2021Eavallee Burnbrae Farm Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PG
Received 26 Jan 202114 Morris Street Hamilton ML3 6SL
Received 26 Jan 202134 Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 26 Jan 202114 Newlands Street Lanark ML11 9BD
Received 26 Jan 20212 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LS
Received 27 Jan 20218 Penrioch Drive East Kilbride G75 9NT
Received 27 Jan 202130 Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JA
Received 27 Jan 20211 Snaefell Crescent Rutherglen G73 5BY
Received 27 Jan 2021South Fieldhead Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 27 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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