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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.
13,919 approved · 547 refused · 837 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Croftbank Gate Bothwell G71 8AN
Received 16 Mar 2021Former Freescale Works & Jeyes Factory Site Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0TG
Received 9 Mar 202115 Teacher Street Hamilton ML3 8RR
Received 16 Mar 202156 Lawhill Road Law Carluke ML8 5EZ
Received 16 Mar 2021St Marys Primary School Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 16 Mar 2021293 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen G73 2BS
Received 16 Mar 2021East Watston Farmhouse East And West Watson Farm Watstone Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3PH
Received 17 Mar 2021Land 210M Northeast Of 116 Station Road Station Road Douglas West Lanark
Received 15 Mar 20217 Galbraith Crescent Law Carluke ML8 5JN
Received 17 Mar 2021114 High Blantyre Road Hamilton ML3 9HW
Received 17 Mar 2021141 Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4QA
Received 17 Mar 2021Townfoot Farm Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LL
Received 17 Mar 20214 Moss View Chapelton Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RX
Received 17 Mar 2021Moorfield Tarbrax Road Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XA
Received 17 Mar 20215 Rae Drive Biggar ML12 6ZF
Received 17 Mar 2021Moorfield Tarbrax Road Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XA
Received 17 Mar 20217 Peveril Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RD
Received 17 Mar 202130 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 17 Mar 202130 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 17 Mar 202132 Westfarm Avenue Cambuslang G72 7RH
Received 17 Mar 2021Greenleeshill Farm Cairnmuir Road Cambuslang G72 8YL
Received 17 Mar 202120 Bressay Grove Cambuslang G72 8QU
Received 18 Mar 202115 Honeysuckle Crescent Cambuslang G72 6PB
Received 18 Mar 20219 Claudius Crescent Cambuslang G72 8XD
Received 18 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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