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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.
13,994 approved · 550 refused · 849 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 14 Apr 202177 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 7 Apr 2021Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Apr 2021105 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7BJ
Received 14 Apr 2021Land 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Apr 2021Rigmuir Landfill Strathaven Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0QZ
Received 19 Apr 20213 Silverwood Gate Bothwell G71 8FS
Received 19 Apr 202111 Moorlands Walk Uddingston G71 7JN
Received 19 Apr 2021132 Balmore Drive Hamilton ML3 8BU
Received 19 Apr 202132A Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 19 Apr 2021Old Struther Farm Shaws Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 2TS
Received 19 Apr 20218 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NU
Received 19 Apr 20211 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 19 Apr 2021Land To The North Of The B764 Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Apr 202122 Fairgrove Drive East Kilbride G75 9FH
Received 19 Apr 202141 Clove Mill Wynd Larkhall ML9 1NT
Received 19 Apr 20214 Bairds Crescent Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9FD
Received 19 Apr 202135 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Apr 2021Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 19 Apr 2021Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 19 Apr 202114 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton ML3 6RH
Received 19 Apr 2021Straidarran 2 Tups Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QH
Received 19 Apr 202115 Douglas Street Carluke ML8 5BH
Received 19 Apr 202123 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HE
Received 19 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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