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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.
12,024 approved · 517 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Armadale Road Lanark ML11 7BG
Received 17 Sept 202010 Fairgrove Drive East Kilbride G75 9FH
Received 17 Sept 202060 Mount Cameron Drive North East Kilbride G74 2ES
Received 17 Sept 2020Land 27M Southwet Of 26 Raploch Road Raploch Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Sept 2020Lidl Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7HA
Received 18 Sept 202015 - 17 Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75 8TT
Received 18 Sept 20201 South Netherburn Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3DG
Received 18 Sept 202063A West Coats Road Cambuslang G72 8AE
Received 18 Sept 202063A West Coats Road Cambuslang G72 8AE
Received 18 Sept 2020Roadhead Farm Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6ND
Received 18 Sept 2020Crossbank Livery Centre Blair Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QN
Received 18 Sept 2020Block 7 South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0XB
Received 18 Sept 202013 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LQ
Received 21 Sept 2020Auchrobert Forest Auchrobert Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Sept 202015 Gladstone Drive East Kilbride G74 5PT
Received 21 Sept 202017 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7HT
Received 21 Sept 202010 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 21 Sept 20201 Etive Place Larkhall ML9 2QY
Received 21 Sept 2020Galaview Sandilands From Ponfeigh Road To A70 Prettsmill Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 21 Sept 2020Mosside Farm Climpy Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Sept 202029 Drumduff East Kilbride G75 0NR
Received 21 Sept 20204 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 21 Sept 202053 Lindsay Road East Kilbride G74 4HZ
Received 21 Sept 2020Land To Rear Of 4 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AW
Received 21 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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