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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.
13,978 approved · 550 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 6 Apr 202149 Howes Way Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8SE
Received 6 Apr 20219 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 6 Apr 202119A Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NQ
Received 6 Apr 202115 Morris Crescent Blantyre G72 0BY
Received 7 Apr 2021Silverlea House Silvermuir Drive Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7EW
Received 7 Apr 2021Land Adjacent To 17-1 Hunthill Road Blantyre G72 9SS
Received 7 Apr 2021Guys Inn 93 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AG
Received 7 Apr 2021Land 48M West Of 55 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Apr 202170 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen G73 3ES
Received 7 Apr 202111 Kirkhope Place Carluke ML8 5GN
Received 7 Apr 2021Abbeyfield Extra Care House 78 Stonelaw Drive Rutherglen G73 3NZ
Received 8 Apr 202128 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 8 Apr 20215 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 8 Apr 20217 Central Court Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8FA
Received 1 Mar 202131 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EP
Received 8 Apr 2021121 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EL
Received 8 Apr 20211 Waterside Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PG
Received 8 Apr 20215 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PP
Received 8 Apr 202122 Sycamore Drive Hamilton ML3 7HF
Received 9 Apr 202119 Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7EZ
Received 9 Apr 2021Misty Hill The Steadings Wiston Biggar ML12 6WJ
Received 9 Apr 20212 Cedar Crescent Hamilton ML3 7LW
Received 9 Apr 20212 Tay Grove East Kilbride G75 8XB
Received 9 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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