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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.
13,401 approved · 541 refused · 792 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 New Plymouth East Kilbride G75 8QB
Received 20 Nov 202012 Wheatsheaf Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WJ
Received 20 Nov 2020Land At Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LJ
Received 20 Nov 2020North Crookedstone Cottage Limekilnburn Road Limekilnburn Hamilton ML3 7XG
Received 20 Nov 202019 Grove Crescent Larkhall ML9 2JX
Received 23 Nov 20207 Lauder Drive Rutherglen G73 3NA
Received 23 Nov 202016 Southend Court Strathaven ML10 6QU
Received 23 Nov 2020152 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 23 Nov 2020Land 45M WNW Of 53 Mungo Park Murrayhill East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Nov 202049 Wardlaw Avenue Rutherglen G73 3EH
Received 23 Nov 202036 Kirkton Park East Kilbride G74 4HX
Received 23 Nov 2020Upper Muirhouse Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 23 Nov 2020Land 90M ESE Of 24 Simpson Drive Strutherhill Larkhall
Received 23 Nov 2020Rigg Farm Quarry Quarry Farm A726 From East Kilbride To Chapelton Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SJ
Received 23 Nov 202015 Mardale East Kilbride G74 4ND
Received 23 Nov 2020Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PR
Received 23 Nov 202019 Holmwood Park Crossford Carluke ML8 5SZ
Received 23 Nov 2020Maidenburn Farm Threestanes Highway Strathaven ML10 6RN ML10 6RN
Received 23 Nov 2020Mill Hill High Village Road Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 23 Nov 2020Robsland Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HY
Received 23 Nov 2020Land 600M Northeast Of Poniel Farm B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Nov 202019 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 23 Nov 202011 Ardbeg Lane Thorntonhall G74 5DA
Received 24 Nov 2020Avonclyde House Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SG
Received 24 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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