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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.
12,107 approved · 521 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Somerset Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BS
Received 22 Oct 2020Clydesdale Bar 10 - 14 Wellgate Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2AG
Received 22 Oct 2020Land 150M NW Of Junction Of Barbana Road And Grado Avenue Barbana Road East Kilbride
Received 22 Oct 2020214-238 Main Street Rutherglen G73 3AA
Received 22 Oct 202015 Reay Avenue East Kilbride G74 1QT
Received 22 Oct 202044 Dee Place East Kilbride G75 8RZ
Received 23 Oct 202070 Westwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LJ
Received 23 Oct 2020254 - 256 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 23 Oct 202018 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride G74 4GH
Received 23 Oct 202024 Kirkton Avenue Carluke ML8 5AB
Received 23 Oct 2020The Energy Centre Hairmyres Hospital Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RG
Received 23 Oct 2020Land 80M East Of 270 Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 23 Oct 202033 Grammar School Walk Uddingston G71 7BE
Received 23 Oct 20206 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 26 Oct 2020Public Toilets - Closed Climpy Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Oct 2020Land 35M North Of 7 Elmbank Drive Elmbank Drive Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Oct 2020Harvest Hill Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 26 Oct 202010 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 26 Oct 2020The Ingle 14 Burnside Road Rutherglen G73 4RQ
Received 26 Oct 202021 Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JY
Received 26 Oct 202020 Currer Avenue East Kilbride G75 8WQ
Received 26 Oct 2020Muirhouse Farm Biggar Road Libberton Lanark ML11 8LX
Received 27 Oct 20204 Whiteshaw Avenue Carluke ML8 5DF
Received 27 Oct 2020Newton Plantation Carlisle Road Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 22 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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