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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.
14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 28 May 2021Land 750M Southeast Of Dungavel Immigration Centre Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 28 May 2021Land At Newton Farm - Pod 2I And 2J Newton Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 May 202130 Stonefield Crescent Blantyre G72 9TF
Received 28 May 20218 Elizabeth Wynd Hamilton ML3 7AF
Received 28 May 2021Bughtknowes Farm Tashieburn Road Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 28 May 202160 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang G72 7UR
Received 28 May 202143 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 28 May 202110 Mccallum Court East Kilbride G74 4SH
Received 28 May 2021Middle Muir Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 28 May 202129 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 28 May 20219 Lairds Gate Uddingston G71 7HR
Received 31 May 2021Lochanbank Farm Lanark Road Burnfoot Lanark ML11 9PJ
Received 31 May 2021New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0JS
Received 31 May 202128 Lairds Gate Uddingston G71 7HR
Received 31 May 202174 Kirkhill Gardens Cambuslang G72 8EZ
Received 31 May 202115 Belleisle Avenue Uddingston G71 7AP
Received 31 May 202113 The Beeches Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YR
Received 31 May 202130 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 31 May 2021King Street Community Facility King Street Larkhall ML9 1DP
Received 31 May 202112 Vicars Road Stonehouse ML9 3EB
Received 1 Jun 202175A Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AF
Received 1 Jun 202145 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 1 Jun 20211 Peregrine Gardens Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7GJ
Received 2 Jun 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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