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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.
12,287 approved · 524 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell G71 8TH
Received 5 Nov 202073 Burns Park East Kilbride G74 3AR
Received 5 Nov 20202 Braxfield Terrace Lanark ML11 9BZ
Received 6 Nov 2020Mainshill Forest A70 From Douglas To Rigside Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Nov 20207 Cleghorn Terrace Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SJ
Received 6 Nov 2020Spittal Farm Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 6 Nov 20203 Wishart Lane Law Carluke ML8 5GD
Received 6 Nov 2020Thistle Cottage Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7PU
Received 6 Nov 20203 Broadleaf Court Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6GF
Received 6 Nov 202060 Poplar Place Blantyre G72 9QB
Received 6 Nov 202019 George Allan Place Strathaven ML10 6EH
Received 6 Nov 2020Unit 1 Wilson Street Hamilton ML3 0NH
Received 6 Nov 2020204 Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NQ
Received 9 Nov 2020Mosside Farm Climpy Road Forth Lanark ML11 8EW
Received 9 Nov 202020 Springfield Crescent Blantyre G72 9TE
Received 9 Nov 202028 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 9 Nov 202032 Knowehead Gardens Uddingston G71 7PY
Received 9 Nov 2020159 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EL
Received 9 Nov 202029 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DG
Received 9 Nov 2020Petwin Cottage 22 Fairfield Place Bothwell G71 8RP
Received 9 Nov 2020Lairs Farm Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 9 Nov 2020Hamilton Race Course Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 9 Nov 2020Land 100M Northeast Of 58 Woodend Road Willow Boulevard Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Nov 202019 Clincarthill Road Rutherglen G73 2LF
Received 10 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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