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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.
11,605 approved · 507 refused · 650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charleston Park Farm Cobblehaugh Road Lanark ML11 8SG
Received 20 May 2020CRM Motors 261 Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UU
Received 20 May 2020Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 20 May 2020Land 150M East Of Highfield House Fence Terrace Tillietudlem Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 202034 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EF
Received 20 May 2020Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 2020Bughtknowes Farm Tashieburn Road Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 21 May 2020Plot 6 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 21 May 20204 Tribboch Street Larkhall ML9 1BS
Received 22 May 20207 Legion Place Larkhall ML9 2HU
Received 22 May 2020Cartland Bridge Hotel Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9UF
Received 22 May 2020Park Farm Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LU
Received 22 May 202019 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 22 May 2020Cartland Bridge Hotel Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9UF
Received 22 May 2020Halfway And District Bowling Club Mill Road Cambuslang G72 7QG
Received 25 May 2020Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 25 May 202074 County Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DF
Received 25 May 2020The Manse Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3NX
Received 25 May 2020233 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0YS
Received 25 May 20206 Classroom Close Hamilton ML3 8RS
Received 25 May 2020Land To Rear Of Garden View Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PG
Received 26 May 2020Plot 2 Land 72M Southwest Of Dillarview Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 May 202028 Greenlees Gardens Cambuslang G72 8QR
Received 26 May 2020Tashieburn Cottage Tashieburn Road Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 26 May 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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