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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.
13,858 approved · 547 refused · 828 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shearwater Grove Lesmahagow
Received 25 Feb 202136 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 24 Feb 20211 Macarthur Gardens East Kilbride G74 4UJ
Received 25 Feb 20213 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 25 Feb 202174 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 25 Feb 2021East Linbank Farm C133 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven ML10 6RD
Received 26 Feb 2021Fairholm Orchard Access From Wee Sunnyside Road To Sunnyside And Fairholm Larkhall ML9 1RB
Received 26 Feb 2021Lockhart Mill View C4 From Kilncadzow A721 To Lanark Lanark ML11 7RB
Received 26 Feb 2021Brae Farm Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 25 Feb 202157 Drygate Street Larkhall ML9 2DA
Received 26 Feb 2021Land 20M Northwest Of 26 Allison Street Allison Street Carstairs Junction Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Feb 202153 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AQ
Received 26 Feb 20212 Strathdon Place East Kilbride G75 8FQ
Received 26 Feb 202172 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 26 Feb 2021Plot 3 Springbank House West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Mar 202152 Spruce Grove East Kilbride G75 9LU
Received 1 Mar 2021Strathbogie Farm Candybank Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QY
Received 1 Mar 202117 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 1 Mar 202120 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen G73 1XW
Received 1 Mar 20216 Gilbertfield Wynd Cambuslang G72 8WR
Received 1 Mar 20214 St Andrews Drive Law ML8 5GB
Received 1 Mar 2021Earnock Cottage 58 Woodfoot Road Hamilton ML3 8LW
Received 1 Mar 2021Earnock Cottage 58 Woodfoot Road Hamilton ML3 8LW
Received 1 Mar 2021122 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HR
Received 1 Mar 2021Records 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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