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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.
11,647 approved · 507 refused · 653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Southhill Avenue Rutherglen G73 3TB
Received 16 Jun 2020Lickprivick Road East Kilbride G75 9HL
Received 16 Jun 2020Crookedstane Wind Farm Development Access From B7076 To Crookedstane Farm Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 16 Jun 2020Lion Hill Wind Farm Land At Crookedstane Farm North-west Of Daer Reservoir South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jun 202056 Collie Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WF
Received 16 Jun 202012 Braemar Road Rutherglen G73 5LJ
Received 16 Jun 2020Land To The North Of North & East Cottage Coulter Mains Coulter Haugh Road Coulter Biggar ML12 6PR
Received 16 Jun 2020Ryben House 49 Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 16 Jun 2020Ryben House 49 Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 16 Jun 2020Land 20M ENE Of 23 Couthally Terrace Couthally Terrace Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Jun 2020Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3PR
Received 17 Jun 2020Righead Cottage Bog Road Devonburn Lanark ML11 9PU
Received 17 Jun 2020Woolfords Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder EH55 8LJ
Received 17 Jun 202035 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GX
Received 17 Jun 20206 Baron Todd Road Strathaven ML10 6GQ
Received 18 Jun 202033 Willow Drive Blantyre G72 9HE
Received 18 Jun 2020Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 18 Jun 202014 Laurel Court Cambuslang G72 7BD
Received 18 Jun 202047 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride G74 4GH
Received 18 Jun 2020Wellburn Farm Cottage Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HY
Received 19 Jun 202026 Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AY
Received 19 Jun 202028 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 19 Jun 20207 Coalburn Park Uddingston G71 7FG
Received 19 Jun 2020M74 Heat And Power Park Former Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site West Of Junction 11 Of M74 Coalburn Lanark
Received 19 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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