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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.
13,949 approved · 548 refused · 845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Stonehall Avenue Hamilton ML3 8PB
Received 26 Mar 2021Kype Muir Forest Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Mar 202114 Lomond View Hamilton ML3 9UZ
Received 26 Mar 2021Newton Farm Newton Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UQ
Received 26 Mar 202128 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 4UX
Received 26 Mar 2021East Kilbride Old Parish Church Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 26 Mar 2021East Kilbride Old Parish Church Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 26 Mar 202124 Cameronian Court Lanark ML11 7DE
Received 29 Mar 202170 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JG
Received 29 Mar 20212 - 4 Bowling Green Lane Biggar ML12 6ES
Received 29 Mar 202139 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang G72 8BD
Received 29 Mar 2021Plot B Yieldshields Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 20219 Mill Walk Cambuslang G72 7QF
Received 29 Mar 202136 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 29 Mar 2021East Yetts A721 From Carnwath To A702 Melbourne Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 29 Mar 2021Shott Farm Hamilton Road Blantyre G72 9UD
Received 23 Mar 2021Land 23M West Of 111 Bardykes Road Bardykes Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 2021Nether Lethame Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 29 Mar 202118A Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RG
Received 24 Mar 2021Suite A Rex House 103 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 29 Mar 202132 Lusitania Gardens Larkhall ML9 2FG
Received 29 Mar 20219 Grammar School Walk Uddingston G71 7BE
Received 30 Mar 202131 Dawson Avenue East Kilbride G75 8LH
Received 30 Mar 2021The First Glass Pub 414 Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PT
Received 30 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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