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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.
13,419 approved · 541 refused · 793 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avonclyde House Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SG
Received 24 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To St Andrews Parish Church Avon Street Hamilton ML3 7HU
Received 24 Nov 20203 Wellknowe Place Thorntonhall G74 5AX
Received 24 Nov 20204 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 24 Nov 20202 Redwood Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FY
Received 25 Nov 2020Land 85M ENE Of Robert Smillie Memorial Primary School Glen Avenue Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Nov 2020South Netherburn Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3DG
Received 25 Nov 202021 - 31 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 25 Nov 202037 Cornfoot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ZB
Received 25 Nov 202027 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 25 Nov 202014 Corsock Avenue Hamilton ML3 9DG
Received 25 Nov 202015 Kane Place Stonehouse ML9 3NR
Received 25 Nov 2020Land 940M Northwest Of Woolfords Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Nov 202014 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang G72 7PA
Received 26 Nov 2020Plot 1 Land At Tigh Na Bruich Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 26 Nov 202017 Weavers Walk Lanark ML11 9AW
Received 26 Nov 2020Plot At Mauldslie Estate Mauldslie Road Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5QE
Received 26 Nov 2020The Crown Inn 109-111 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 27 Nov 2020Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 27 Nov 20203 Balbossie Lane East Kilbride G75 9FT
Received 27 Nov 2020Plot 1 Elsrickle Village Elsrickle Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Nov 202028 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 27 Nov 20208 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NU
Received 27 Nov 2020Land 120M SSE Of Unit 1 Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 27 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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