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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.
11,982 approved · 516 refused · 673 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Red Kite Place Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GL
Received 21 Aug 202030 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AN
Received 24 Aug 202035 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 24 Aug 202028 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6EB
Received 24 Aug 2020165 Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LG
Received 24 Aug 2020Area D Site Of Former Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 24 Aug 2020Cardrona 1 Libberton Village Road Libberton Lanark ML11 8LX
Received 25 Aug 202020 Hillview Drive Blantyre G72 9EF
Received 25 Aug 202012 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 25 Aug 2020Rogerhill Farm Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9PH
Received 25 Aug 2020Woodhill Early Learning & Childcare 41 Thornton Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QE Lanark ML11 9QE
Received 25 Aug 202023 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 25 Aug 202016 Earn Drive Blackwood Lanark ML11 9SS
Received 26 Aug 202017 Trongate Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LH
Received 26 Aug 20203 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen G73 3QP
Received 26 Aug 202045 Hunthill Road Blantyre G72 9SR
Received 26 Aug 2020Hillview 1 New Kayes Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XJ
Received 27 Aug 2020Roadhead Farm Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6ND
Received 27 Aug 202010 Burnock Place East Kilbride G75 8XW
Received 27 Aug 2020Kersewell Mains Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LG
Received 27 Aug 2020Station View Rigside Road Douglas Water Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9LP
Received 27 Aug 2020East Overton House East Overton Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 27 Aug 202044 Capercaillie Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GG
Received 28 Aug 202050 Station Road Law Carluke ML8 5LN
Received 28 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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