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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Dunvegan Place East Kilbride G74 4DH
Received 8 Jun 2021Rowans Community Hall Birch Place Blantyre G72 9PL
Received 24 May 2021Rutherglen Links Business Park Rutherglen
Received 8 Jun 2021Plot 4 George Paul Lane Carnwath Lanark
Received 8 Jun 2021Harvest Hill Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 8 Jun 2021Land 975M ESE Of High Dykes Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jun 202122 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 9 Jun 20212 Haynes View Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7TB
Received 9 Jun 202125 Silverholm Drive Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Byrewood Orchard Hazelbank Braes Hazelbank Lanark ML11 9XL
Received 9 Jun 20213 Legion Place Larkhall ML9 2HU
Received 9 Jun 202142 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 9 Jun 2021Penbreck Wind Farm Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jun 202130 Abbotsford Crescent Hamilton ML3 0PJ
Received 9 Jun 2021Letham Cottage - Ruin Lethame Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Land At Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 10 Jun 202118 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride G75 0HB
Received 10 Jun 20219 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 10 Jun 2021Andershaw Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6ZS
Received 26 May 202118 Ionia Grove East Kilbride G75 9FN
Received 10 Jun 2021Land 70M Southwest Of Sanmex Buildings Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 26 May 2021Unit 2, Block 7 South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0XB
Received 10 Jun 20212 Woodland Terrace Larkhall ML9 2LZ
Received 11 Jun 20217 James Shepherd Grove East Kilbride G75 8WT
Received 11 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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