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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.
11,735 approved · 510 refused · 660 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
351 Main Street Blantyre G72 0DJ
Received 2 Jul 20202 Daisy Drive Cambuslang G72 6WW
Received 2 Jul 2020Laigh Blackmoss Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 2 Jul 202026 Kilncadzow Road Carluke ML8 4QJ
Received 3 Jul 2020Bombay Cottage 4 Lower Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6HW
Received 3 Jul 2020Waterbank Farm Westerfield Road Clarkston G76 9HS
Received 3 Jul 202036 Castle Wynd Bothwell G71 8TQ
Received 6 Jul 202052 Glamis Crescent Blantyre G72 0TE
Received 6 Jul 202039 Wakefield Avenue East Kilbride G75 8HG
Received 6 Jul 20209 Ionia Grove East Kilbride G75 9FN
Received 6 Jul 2020Flat 2 3 Douglas Street Blantyre G72 0TJ
Received 6 Jul 2020104 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8DU
Received 6 Jul 2020Bankwood Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 6 Jul 20206 Hillhouse Gate Carluke ML8 4BW
Received 6 Jul 202033 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 6 Jul 20208 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston G71 7HG
Received 6 Jul 2020117 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 6 Jul 2020117 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 6 Jul 202021A Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 7 Jul 2020121 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EW
Received 7 Jul 2020121 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EW
Received 7 Jul 2020Land 310M Wnw Of Campwood Camp Wood Edinburgh Road Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jul 20205 Nursery Grove Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3RT
Received 7 Jul 2020Land 85M South Of 51 Brocketsbrae Road Brocketsbrae Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jul 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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