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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.
11,972 approved · 515 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Auchentibber Farm Auchentibber Road Blantyre G72 0TW
Received 12 Aug 2020Land 38M Northwest Of 515 Carlisle Road Star Inn 515 Carlisle Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Aug 202044 Southhill Avenue Rutherglen G73 3TB
Received 12 Aug 202031 Westfarm Avenue Cambuslang G72 7RH
Received 12 Aug 20203 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2AP
Received 13 Aug 202091 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 13 Aug 2020Land 115M North Of Robert Smillie Primary School Clare Crescent Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Aug 202028 Ledvinka Crescent Hamilton ML3 0NY
Received 14 Aug 202031 Armour Court Blantyre G72 9TS
Received 14 Aug 2020East Mains Road East Kilbride G74 4AT
Received 14 Aug 202019 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 14 Aug 202017 Barassie Court Bothwell G71 8UH
Received 14 Aug 2020Castleglen House Glen Road East Kilbride G74 5BL
Received 14 Aug 202073 Shelley Drive Bothwell G71 8TA
Received 14 Aug 20203 Cloverhill Gardens Strathaven ML10 6XB
Received 17 Aug 20203 Scotia Gardens Hamilton ML3 8XA
Received 17 Aug 202014 Duchess Court Hamilton ML3 7DW
Received 17 Aug 2020Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark
Received 14 Aug 202036 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre G72 0GT
Received 17 Aug 2020Land 190M Northeast Of Skellyton Nursery Lanark Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Aug 2020Kersewell Mains Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LG
Received 17 Aug 202024 Brankston Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3JF
Received 14 Aug 2020Kersewell Mains Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LG
Received 14 Aug 202030 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NE
Received 17 Aug 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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