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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.
12,056 approved · 519 refused · 680 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Claremont Lodge 24 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 30 Sept 20206 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 30 Sept 20201 Nairn Avenue Blantyre G72 9NF
Received 30 Sept 202011 Park View Strathaven ML10 6NW
Received 1 Oct 202012 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 1 Oct 202065 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 1 Oct 2020Greenlaw Farm Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 1 Oct 2020127 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PL
Received 1 Oct 2020119 Craigbank Street Larkhall ML9 1JS
Received 1 Oct 202091 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 1 Oct 202053 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QF
Received 1 Oct 202074 Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XA
Received 1 Oct 20208 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TA
Received 1 Oct 2020Land At Site Of Former St Josephs Primary School Joanna Terrace Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Oct 2020Alpha Cottage Wolfcrooks Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TX
Received 2 Oct 202010 Linthill Lanark ML11 7HU
Received 2 Oct 2020Ayr Road Rigside Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9NP
Received 2 Oct 2020Stonypath C36 From Newbigging To Dolphinton A702 Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NG
Received 2 Oct 202011 Houston Street Hamilton ML3 6SR
Received 2 Oct 202026A Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 2 Oct 202026 Baird Gardens Blantyre G72 0WT
Received 2 Oct 202046 Montrose Crescent Hamilton ML3 6LG
Received 2 Oct 202061 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 2 Oct 20202 Huntly Drive Cambuslang G72 8PU
Received 5 Oct 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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