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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.
11,666 approved · 509 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 South Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HG
Received 19 Jun 20204 Huntly Drive Cambuslang G72 8PU
Received 22 Jun 202057 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 22 Jun 2020Harvest Hill Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 22 Jun 202066 Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4LB
Received 22 Jun 2020Bealach Mor Bishops Park Thorntonhall G74 5AF
Received 22 Jun 20201 Forest Road Larkhall ML9 2JH
Received 22 Jun 2020Eastend Park Farm Mouse Valley Drive Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 22 Jun 202019 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PZ
Received 22 Jun 20201 Cathkin Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HN
Received 22 Jun 2020Leelaw Farm Greenrig Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9QA
Received 22 Jun 2020Land To The North Of Highstonehall Road Hamilton
Received 22 Jun 202056 Collie Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WF
Received 22 Jun 202011 Grampian Drive East Kilbride G75 9GL
Received 22 Jun 202044 Applegate Drive East Kilbride G75 9FG
Received 23 Jun 202020 Austine Drive Hamilton ML3 7YE
Received 23 Jun 2020East More West Nemphlar Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9GW
Received 23 Jun 2020Little Earnock Farm 2 Highstonehall Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Jun 2020Site Located Approximately 5.5 KM South Of Elvanfoot Lanark
Received 23 Jun 2020Land 40M NE Of Telephone Exchange A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Jun 2020Kirtonholme Pavilion Kirktonholme Park West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1EF
Received 23 Jun 2020Smithstone House Udstonmill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3FL
Received 23 Jun 202013 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PS
Received 23 Jun 202022 Mauchline East Kilbride G74 3RZ
Received 24 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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