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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.
13,970 approved · 549 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cleghorn Mains Access From A706 To Cleghorn House Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RN
Received 1 Apr 20215 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5FJ
Received 1 Apr 20219 Jamieson Drive East Kilbride G74 3EA
Received 1 Apr 2021210 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PF
Received 1 Apr 20212 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 1 Apr 202131 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 1 Apr 2021Land 250M East Of Easter House Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Apr 20211 Glebe Court Lanark ML11 7JY
Received 2 Apr 202128 Spence Court East Kilbride G75 8GY
Received 2 Apr 202111 Birch Brae Hamilton ML3 7LJ
Received 2 Apr 202163 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang G72 8JX
Received 2 Apr 2021Jackton Distillery Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AN
Received 2 Apr 202112 Moorlands Walk Uddingston G71 7JN
Received 5 Apr 20218 Lochar Place East Kilbride G75 8BX
Received 5 Apr 2021Land 30M East Of 60 Scotia Crescent Scotia Crescent Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Apr 20213 Pointpark Crescent Uddingston G71 7NY
Received 5 Apr 202116 Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DS
Received 5 Apr 202124 Berriedale Crescent Blantyre G72 0GB
Received 5 Apr 202177 West Coats Road Cambuslang G72 8AW
Received 5 Apr 20213 Mccallum Avenue Rutherglen G73 3AL
Received 5 Apr 20213 Hawksland Walk Hamilton ML3 7NX
Received 5 Apr 20215 Sir James Black Court Uddingston G71 7PN
Received 5 Apr 2021Midtown Farm Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QS
Received 5 Apr 202178 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 6 Apr 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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