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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.
13,985 approved · 550 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8SA
Received 12 Apr 202168 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DJ
Received 12 Apr 202115 Blair Grove East Kilbride G75 8FJ
Received 12 Apr 202162 Fernbrae Avenue Rutherglen G73 4AE
Received 12 Apr 202121 Sycamore Gardens Blackwood Lanark ML11 9SX
Received 12 Apr 202114 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 12 Apr 20216 Marchmont Gardens Strathaven ML10 6JD
Received 12 Apr 202129 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 12 Apr 202115 Laighmuir Street Uddingston G71 7JX
Received 12 Apr 2021130 Fleming Way Hamilton ML3 9QH
Received 12 Apr 202149 Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JY
Received 12 Apr 20213 Bridge Street Strathaven ML10 6AN
Received 13 Apr 202164 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 13 Apr 2021Land 68M WSW Of 5 Quay Road North Seath Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Apr 2021149 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3BE
Received 13 Apr 2021Land 110M West Of 2 Hoover Drive Dale Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Apr 202157 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 13 Apr 202155 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 13 Apr 2021Unit 10 Tennant Complex Tennant Avenue College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NA
Received 13 Apr 202129 Redwood Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FZ
Received 13 Apr 2021Land 110M West Of 2 Hoover Drive Dale Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Apr 2021Sunnyside House Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UG
Received 13 Apr 20214 Strathconon Gardens East Kilbride G75 8FN
Received 13 Apr 20214 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 13 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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