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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Kingston Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FU
Received 2 Jun 202160 Meadow Drive Cambuslang G72 6QD
Received 2 Jun 2021Braeside Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NT
Received 2 Jun 20216 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 3 Jun 2021Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 19 May 202144 Lomond East Kilbride G75 0BP
Received 3 Jun 2021Rodger Drive Rutherglen
Received 3 Jun 2021Loaningdale School B7016 From Carnwath To Biggar Biggar ML12 6LX
Received 3 Jun 202111 Southend Grove Strathaven ML10 6QS
Received 3 Jun 2021Carnduff House C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 4 Jun 2021Plot 4 Heads Farm Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 4 Jun 20211 Dick Court Stonehouse ML9 3NS
Received 4 Jun 202115 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 4 Jun 2021Main Street Land In Close Proximity To Hotel Car Park Uddingston G71 7BP
Received 7 Jun 202160 Langlea Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SU
Received 7 Jun 2021Cymru 15 Hagholm Road Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SG
Received 7 Jun 202110 Watson Street Uddingston G71 7JU
Received 7 Jun 202195 Lanark Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QQ
Received 7 Jun 2021Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Headquarters Westburn Drive Cambuslang G72 7NA
Received 7 Jun 202124 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8SA
Received 8 Jun 2021Scottsmuir Crookedshields Road East Kilbride G74 4PE
Received 8 Jun 20214 Belleisle Avenue Uddingston G71 7AP
Received 8 Jun 2021Oxengate Elsrickle Village Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 8 Jun 20212 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LS
Received 8 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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