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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.
11,751 approved · 510 refused · 660 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
1 Ashley Drive Bothwell G71 8BS
Received 7 Jul 2020Land 310M Wnw Of Campwood Camp Wood Edinburgh Road Cleghorn Lanark
Received 7 Jul 20201 Ashley Drive Bothwell G71 8BS
Received 7 Jul 202022 Birch Brae Hamilton ML3 7LJ
Received 7 Jul 202041 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7UZ
Received 8 Jul 2020Cumberhead Wind Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jul 202024 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 8 Jul 202020 Glen Falloch East Kilbride G74 2JL
Received 8 Jul 2020First Floor Unit 1 Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride G75 0ZY
Received 8 Jul 20205 Kendal Road East Kilbride G75 8QT
Received 8 Jul 20206A Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 8 Jul 202060 Fyne Crescent Larkhall ML9 2UX
Received 8 Jul 202011 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 8 Jul 2020Tesco Superstore Lanark Road Carluke ML8 5AL
Received 8 Jul 2020Land 85M Northeast Of Laigh Braehead Cottage Ardbeg Lane Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jul 202010 Braefoot Lane Uddingston G71 7PP
Received 9 Jul 202077 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 9 Jul 2020Land 54M Northeast Of 18 To 28 Westport Westport Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jul 2020Yard At Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther Lanark
Received 9 Jul 20201 Forest Avenue Hamilton ML3 7SE
Received 9 Jul 2020Hawksland Tank Greenrig Road Hawksland Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jul 20202 Hozier Court Home Street Lanark ML11 9AZ
Received 10 Jul 2020Auchtygemmel Farmhouse Muirhouse Road Auchenheath Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9XH
Received 10 Jul 2020Lamington Hall Langholm Road Lamington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 10 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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