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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.
14,016 approved · 550 refused · 850 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
79 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 26 Apr 20211 Whitehill Terrace Lanark ML11 9HQ
Received 26 Apr 2021The Manse Main Street Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8JY
Received 19 Apr 2021Birkhill Farm Cottage Birkhill Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0NJ
Received 26 Apr 202197 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6EF
Received 26 Apr 202126A Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 20 Apr 202129 Strathmore Grove East Kilbride G75 8GF
Received 27 Apr 20212 Berriedale Crescent Blantyre G72 0GB
Received 27 Apr 2021Land 440M NNE Of Bowmuir Farm Biggar Road Libberton Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Apr 202174 Strathaven Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RW
Received 27 Apr 2021Valley View Jerviswood Nursery Access From Jerviswood Road To Jerviswood House Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 27 Apr 202111 Denbeath Court Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TR
Received 27 Apr 2021Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Apr 20213 Chateau Grove Hamilton ML3 7DS
Received 27 Apr 2021Lanark Station Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JS
Received 27 Apr 2021113 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9XN
Received 27 Apr 202115 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 27 Apr 2021290 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RP
Received 27 Apr 202114 Clyde Court Carluke ML8 5FG
Received 27 Apr 20213 Clydeneuk Drive Uddingston G71 7SZ
Received 27 Apr 202123 Buchanan Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LN
Received 28 Apr 202118 Millburn Court Symington Biggar ML12 6JY
Received 28 Apr 20214 Locomotive Drive Larkhall ML9 2GH
Received 28 Apr 20215 Broadleaf Court Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven
Received 21 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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