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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.
13,619 approved · 543 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cumberhead West Wind Farm
Received 30 Nov 202016 Kirktonholme Gardens East Kilbride G74 1BT
Received 2 Dec 202011 Loch Park Avenue Carluke ML8 5AS
Received 2 Dec 2020The Crown Inn 109-111 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 2 Dec 202020 Lindsay Road East Kilbride G74 4JA
Received 2 Dec 202023 Macdougal Drive Cambuslang G72 7GE
Received 2 Dec 202026 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DG
Received 2 Dec 2020133 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 3 Dec 2020Eastgate Cottage Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PL
Received 3 Dec 202018 Gilderdale East Kilbride G74 4NJ
Received 3 Dec 2020Hill O'birches Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall G74 5AD
Received 3 Dec 2020Aldi 30 Harriet Street Rutherglen G73 2EZ
Received 3 Dec 20201 Bute Gardens Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 9HA
Received 3 Dec 202030 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0BU
Received 3 Dec 2020Camphill Vaults 1 - 3 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 3 Dec 2020Thinacre Farm Carscallan Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XL
Received 3 Dec 20201-3 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JH
Received 4 Dec 2020Plot 2 Springbank House West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PT
Received 4 Dec 2020Land 575M SSE Of Dykecroft B7086 From Boghead Kirkmuirhill To Deadwaters Bridge Boghead Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Dec 2020208 Trossachs Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 5PQ
Received 4 Dec 2020Lanark Grammar Annex Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AQ
Received 4 Dec 2020Lanark Grammar Annex Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AQ
Received 4 Dec 202015 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 7 Dec 20208A Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 7 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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