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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.
12,278 approved · 524 refused · 697 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Wellgate Street Larkhall ML9 2AG
Received 3 Nov 202028 Dalrymple Drive East Kilbride G74 4LF
Received 3 Nov 2020Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Nov 20203 Thistledown Drive Cambuslang G72 6AF
Received 4 Nov 20202 Cameron Park (Plot 1) Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2WE
Received 4 Nov 20208 Craignethan Crescent Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3BY
Received 4 Nov 2020Westmains Garage West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NH
Received 4 Nov 2020St Marks Primary School Sherry Drive Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 8XF
Received 4 Nov 2020135 Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0EX
Received 4 Nov 2020Land At Philipshill Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) G76 9HS
Received 4 Nov 2020The Barn Carnwath Mill Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 4 Nov 2020Flat 2 St Kentigerns Court 15 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7LZ
Received 4 Nov 202072 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JG
Received 4 Nov 2020Flat 2 St Kentigerns Court 15 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7LZ
Received 4 Nov 202014 Birks Place Lanark ML11 7AJ
Received 4 Nov 2020Plot G New Way Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Nov 2020The Ingle 14 Burnside Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 4RQ
Received 5 Nov 20201 Virginia Grove Hamilton ML3 8SU
Received 5 Nov 2020Land 25M Northwest Of Harneave House Broompark Drive Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Nov 202030 Somervell Street Cambuslang G72 7TZ
Received 4 Nov 2020Former St Leonards Primary School Brancumhall Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 3YA
Received 5 Nov 2020Calderstone House Drumboy Road East Kilbride G75 0QJ
Received 5 Nov 202065 Newlands Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 8WW
Received 5 Nov 2020Land 45M Northwest Of Woodside Cottage Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 5 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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