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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.
12,127 approved · 521 refused · 688 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cleughs Farm Cottage Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0SH
Received 29 Oct 2020304A Main Street Blantyre G72 0DH
Received 30 Oct 202052 Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 30 Oct 2020Land 1.34km Southwest Of Daer Waterworks Kirkhope Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Oct 202023 Foxglove Grove Cambuslang G72 6AE
Received 30 Oct 20205 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HD
Received 30 Oct 20204 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 30 Oct 202011 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 30 Oct 2020Land 35M West Of 2 Goldcrest Crescent Goldcrest Crescent Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Oct 20205 Carlisle Road Birkenshaw Larkhall ML9 2TP
Received 30 Oct 202055 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BS
Received 2 Nov 202032 Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AZ
Received 2 Nov 2020Land 48M SSW Of 41 Main Street Ferry Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Nov 20207 Bowmont Place East Kilbride G75 8YG
Received 2 Nov 20206A Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 29 Oct 202068 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 2 Nov 202025 Carnwath Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LB
Received 2 Nov 20208 Coll East Kilbride G74 2DS
Received 2 Nov 20201 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston G71 7BH
Received 2 Nov 20202 Glen Clunie East Kilbride G74 2JR
Received 2 Nov 20201 Fetlar Court Cambuslang G72 8TR
Received 3 Nov 2020Hunter's Close 43 High Street Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7LU
Received 3 Nov 202025 Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse ML9 3RA
Received 3 Nov 202021 Cochrane Street Strathaven ML10 6ND
Received 3 Nov 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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