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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.
13,608 approved · 542 refused · 811 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land 120M SSE Of Unit 1 Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Nov 2020Former Hall 47 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5DZ
Received 27 Nov 202032 Watt Court Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3FW
Received 27 Nov 2020Turnberry Kirkhill Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8YN
Received 27 Nov 2020Unit 7 Caledonia Place Strathaven ML10 6AX
Received 30 Nov 202020 Summerlee Road Larkhall ML9 2UH
Received 30 Nov 2020Land 77M Northwest Of The Peach House Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Nov 202031 Croft Road Cambuslang G72 8LB
Received 30 Nov 2020Newhouse Of Kirkfield Farm C10 From Kirkfieldbank To Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UQ
Received 30 Nov 202017 Peveril Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RD
Received 30 Nov 20201 Campsie Road East Kilbride G75 9GE
Received 30 Nov 20201 Burnside Terrace Biggar ML12 6BY
Received 30 Nov 20207 Homeston Avenue Bothwell G71 8PL
Received 30 Nov 2020Mousemill Cottage Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UG
Received 30 Nov 202064 Vancouver Drive East Kilbride G75 8LG
Received 30 Nov 2020127 Cloglands Forth Lanark ML11 8EH
Received 30 Nov 2020Hamilton Auto Services Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9BQ
Received 30 Nov 202099 Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RA
Received 30 Nov 2020Allanrowie East Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8TU
Received 1 Dec 202023 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 1 Dec 202047 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1LJ
Received 1 Dec 20206 Beaton Walk Cambuslang G72 8XR
Received 1 Dec 2020Land 100M North Of 1 Blueknowes Road Blueknowes Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Dec 2020Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 2 Dec 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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