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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.
14,012 approved · 550 refused · 850 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
17 Brownlee Road Law Carluke ML8 5JD
Received 21 Apr 202158 Orwell Wynd East Kilbride G75 8FZ
Received 21 Apr 202116 Priory Drive Uddingston G71 7DR
Received 21 Apr 2021Wolfclyde Farm C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6JT
Received 21 Apr 2021Station House Kirkfieldbank Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TL
Received 21 Apr 2021321 Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RW
Received 21 Apr 20214B Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 22 Apr 2021Marshalls Plc Roadmeetings Industrial Estate Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QG
Received 22 Apr 202197 Buller Crescent Blantyre G72 9JF
Received 22 Apr 202115 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride G75 0TY
Received 22 Apr 20214 Nutberry Place Strathaven ML10 6HW
Received 22 Apr 202139 Culross Hill East Kilbride G74 1HU
Received 22 Apr 20216 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven ML10 6JS
Received 22 Apr 202111 High Patrick Street Hamilton ML3 7ES
Received 23 Apr 202116 Sweet Thorn Drive East Kilbride G75 9FR
Received 23 Apr 202114 Strathyre Gardens East Kilbride G75 8GP
Received 23 Apr 202115 Buchanan Drive Carluke ML8 4RN
Received 26 Apr 202118 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 26 Apr 202166 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 26 Apr 202125 Mossgiel Avenue Rutherglen G73 4LL
Received 26 Apr 202122 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DR
Received 26 Apr 202166 Neville East Kilbride G74 3QU
Received 26 Apr 202115 Cardon Drive Biggar ML12 6EZ
Received 26 Apr 2021High Bank Lanark Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5RE
Received 26 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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