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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.
13,925 approved · 547 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Eden Grove East Kilbride G75 8XU
Received 18 Mar 202165 Strathaven Road Stonehouse ML9 3JP
Received 18 Mar 202179-81 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EF
Received 18 Mar 202111 Honeysuckle Court Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZE
Received 18 Mar 2021127A Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6JA
Received 19 Mar 20211 Birchfield Place Strathaven ML10 6HS
Received 19 Mar 202119 Alwyn Court East Kilbride G74 4RQ
Received 19 Mar 2021Bellview Low Village Road Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 19 Mar 202190 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RE
Received 19 Mar 20218A Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 19 Mar 202127 Westerton Avenue Larkhall ML9 1JQ
Received 19 Mar 2021Newton Farm Primary School Harvester Avenue Cambuslang G72 6AA
Received 19 Mar 2021Nether Skellyhill Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HL
Received 19 Mar 20211 Blackwood East Kilbride G75 0SG
Received 19 Mar 20212 Kirklands Crescent Bothwell G71 8HJ
Received 19 Mar 202110 Whiteford Court Hamilton ML3 7UW
Received 19 Mar 20212 Cairngryffe Street Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SW
Received 19 Mar 202132 Rosefield Gardens Uddingston G71 7AW
Received 19 Mar 2021South Fieldhead Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 19 Mar 20219B Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 22 Mar 2021Land 15M East Of 241 Main Street Larkfield Drive Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Mar 20219 Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6BQ
Received 22 Mar 202113 Fairholm Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UA
Received 16 Mar 2021Gas Works Burnside Lane Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6QP
Received 16 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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