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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.
11,620 approved · 507 refused · 650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 2 Jun 2020Public Toilets King Street Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Jun 20208 Clover Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AD
Received 3 Jun 202017 Honeybee Avenue Cambuslang G72 6QE
Received 3 Jun 2020Sunnyside House Mousemill Road Lanark ML11 9UG
Received 3 Jun 2020Land 20M North Of 4 Church Street Church Street Uddingston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Jun 202010 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EG
Received 3 Jun 202014 Aquitania Crescent Larkhall ML9 2FL
Received 3 Jun 20207 Homeston Avenue Bothwell G71 8PL
Received 4 Jun 202016 Ayton Park South East Kilbride G74 3AT
Received 4 Jun 2020Proposed Residential Development - 90M North Of Millburn Glen Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 4 Jun 20202 Bute Gardens Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 9HA
Received 5 Jun 202030 Wheatsheaf Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WJ
Received 5 Jun 2020Plot 1 Leggatfoot Cottage Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 5 Jun 2020412 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 8SQ
Received 5 Jun 202010 Forest Kirk Carluke ML8 4PU
Received 5 Jun 20207 Hunting Lodge Gardens Hamilton ML3 7EB
Received 5 Jun 2020Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 5 Jun 2020Land Between 44 And 58 Sherifflats Road Sherifflats Road Thankerton Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jun 20202 Barn Lane Cambuslang G72 6ZQ
Received 8 Jun 202043 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 8 Jun 202064 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GB
Received 8 Jun 202034 Cadzow Drive Cambuslang G72 8NF
Received 8 Jun 202011 Alder Crescent East Kilbride G75 9HW
Received 8 Jun 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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