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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.
11,992 approved · 516 refused · 675 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rowan Stables A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Abington Biggar ML12 6RP
Received 28 Aug 2020The Steading Stobielee Farm Stobilee Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SL
Received 28 Aug 2020Lanark Town Centre - Various Locations (1) Bloomgate / Hope Street (2) Wellgatehead (3) St Leonard St / Kildare Rd (4) St Vincent Street / Ladyacre Road (5) St Kentigenr's Roundabout
Received 28 Aug 202034 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 28 Aug 202010 Gateside Road Douglas Lanark ML11 0PD
Received 28 Aug 2020Land 115M Southeast Of East Overton House Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 28 Aug 2020Outside 360 Curtis Avenue Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2EB
Received 31 Aug 20205 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AR
Received 31 Aug 20204 Dalziel Grove Cambuslang G72 7UY
Received 31 Aug 20205 Bunbury Terrace East Kilbride G75 8HP
Received 31 Aug 2020Land 31M West Of 1-8 Balvaird Crescent Mill Street Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Aug 20201 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PQ
Received 31 Aug 202013 Croft Place Larkhall ML9 1BQ
Received 31 Aug 20203 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 1 Sept 202012 Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PH
Received 1 Sept 202027 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7WQ
Received 1 Sept 20206 Homeston Avenue Bothwell G71 8PL
Received 1 Sept 202027 Basil Grove East Kilbride G75 8ZZ
Received 1 Sept 20207 Richmond Drive Cambuslang G72 8BH
Received 1 Sept 2020Bonnington Weir Lanark ML11 9TJ
Received 1 Sept 2020Land 160M ENE Of Crossbasket Castle Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Sept 202069 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3JT
Received 1 Sept 2020Land 33M West Of Medwyn View Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 2020Unit B 4 Rennie Place College Milton Industrial Estate Glasgow G74 5HD
Received 2 Sept 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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