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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.
13,642 approved · 543 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Glebe Crescent East Kilbride G74 4LT
Received 10 Dec 2020North Lowther Energy Initiative Elvanfoot
Received 17 Jun 20206A Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 10 Dec 202042 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang G72 7UR
Received 11 Dec 2020Land 38M NNE Of 56 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Dec 202023 Wingate Drive East Kilbride G74 3HB
Received 11 Dec 2020Unit 1-2 Jacobean House 1 Glebe Street East Kilbride G74 4LY
Received 11 Dec 20201 - 3 Manson Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0QW
Received 11 Dec 2020The C'mon Inn 56 Alloway Road East Kilbride G74 3SD
Received 11 Dec 2020Unit 1-2 Jacobean House 1 Glebe Street East Kilbride G74 4LY
Received 11 Dec 20206 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8PP
Received 11 Dec 20206 Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Dec 202011 Castle Chimmins Avenue Cambuslang G72 8UL
Received 11 Dec 20206 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8PP
Received 11 Dec 2020Land 27M East Of 4 Corbiehall Terrace Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Dec 202047 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 11 Dec 20202 Avondale Grove East Kilbride G74 1BF
Received 11 Dec 2020Greenhill Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QT
Received 11 Dec 2020Loch House West End Wood A70 From Carstairs To Carnwath Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8TR
Received 11 Dec 20209 Sunnyside Drive Biggar ML12 6WU
Received 11 Dec 202019 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 11 Dec 2020Kennoxhead Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Dec 2020Hamilton Sheriff Court Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 14 Dec 20208 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 14 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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