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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Red Lodge Caldergrove Cambuslang G72 8YA
Received 11 Jun 202119A Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6EE
Received 11 Jun 202141 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride G74 4TN
Received 11 Jun 2021MacKenzie Transport Climpy Road Forth Lanark
Received 11 Jun 2021Land 185M Northeast Of Beechfield Manor Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 2021Mill Rig Wind Farm Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven
Received 11 Jun 2021Morrisons 2 Macneish Way East Kilbride G74 4TT
Received 11 Jun 2021Former Greenhills Sports Centre Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 11 Jun 2021Dungavel Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Jun 20211 Wilkie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston G71 7EF
Received 14 Jun 202142 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 14 Jun 202139 Jura Drive Blantyre G72 9LJ
Received 14 Jun 2021Snack Cabin Adjacent To Former Sanmex Buildings 5 Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1PW
Received 14 Jun 202116 Berriedale East Kilbride G75 8ST
Received 14 Jun 2021West Drumloch Farm Thorn Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SH
Received 14 Jun 202120 Victoria Road Rutherglen G73 3QG
Received 14 Jun 202126 Millburn Way East Kilbride G75 8EB
Received 14 Jun 20213 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen G73 3QP
Received 14 Jun 202155 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QF
Received 14 Jun 202112 Mossdale East Kilbride G74 4JG
Received 14 Jun 202131 Main Street Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XP
Received 14 Jun 2021Greenhall Farm Shop Hamilton Road Blantyre G72 9UD
Received 14 Jun 202112 Avonhead East Kilbride G75 8FB
Received 14 Jun 202153 Machanhill Larkhall ML9 2HZ
Received 15 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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