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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.
12,113 approved · 521 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Lendalfoot Gardens Hamilton ML3 9DW
Received 27 Oct 2020Land 35M East Of 8 Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Common Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Oct 202074 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 27 Oct 202063 Dunure Drive Rutherglen G73 4PX
Received 27 Oct 20209 Barassie Court Bothwell G71 8UH
Received 27 Oct 2020Baillieshall Farm Tower Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 27 Oct 20202 South Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HG
Received 27 Oct 2020Wyndales Old Mill Wyndales Farm St Johns Kirk Symington Biggar ML12 6HX
Received 27 Oct 20205 Lowrie Place Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RJ
Received 28 Oct 20202 Primrose Place Strathaven ML10 6LS
Received 28 Oct 202024 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RB
Received 26 Oct 2020Site Of Former Rolls Royce Factory Mavor Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Oct 20204, 5 & 6 Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 21 Oct 20201 Rutherglen Links Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1DH
Received 28 Oct 202047 London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 28 Oct 2020Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 28 Oct 202022 Kingsburn Drive Rutherglen G73 2AN
Received 28 Oct 20207 Waterside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PY
Received 28 Oct 2020Tandera 2 Viewfield Road Tarbrax EH55 8XF
Received 29 Oct 202020 Sweet Thorn Drive East Kilbride G75 9FR
Received 29 Oct 2020Greenhills Road/A726 Strathaven Road Corridor Improvements Greenhills Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Oct 20201 Hollandbush Grove Hamilton ML3 8AL
Received 29 Oct 2020Newton Farm Development - Area 2K Harvester Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Oct 20207 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7PB
Received 29 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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