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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
1 Eriskay Avenue Hamilton ML3 8QB
Received 15 Jun 2021190 Main Street Blantyre G72 0ET
Received 15 Jun 2021Area D Site Of Former Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Jun 20213 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 15 Jun 2021Dunroamin Polkelly C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 15 Jun 202145 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 15 Jun 2021Walston Primary School School Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RA
Received 24 May 202131 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 15 Jun 2021Former Bakehouse To Rear Of 7 Wellbrae Strathaven ML10 6AL
Received 15 Jun 2021Lawknowe Court East Kilbride G74 4GQ
Received 15 Jun 202191 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5BT
Received 16 Jun 202115 Heather Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JG
Received 16 Jun 2021Millhouse Farm Bungalow Shields Road East Kilbride G75 9DR
Received 16 Jun 20219 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7HT
Received 16 Jun 202143 Cypress Place East Kilbride G75 9HY
Received 16 Jun 20219 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7HT
Received 16 Jun 2021Gas Works Burnside Lane Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6QP
Received 3 Jun 20212 Dalziel Grove Cambuslang G72 7UY
Received 16 Jun 2021Elmwood Biggar Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JU
Received 16 Jun 202123 Meadowfoot Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QH
Received 16 Jun 202165 Pine Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TZ
Received 17 Jun 202122 Myers Crescent Uddingston G71 7NJ
Received 17 Jun 202117 Moorfield Road Blantyre G72 0RH
Received 17 Jun 2021Shaws Farm A70 From Rigside To Hyndford Bridge Rigside Lanark ML11 9TD
Received 17 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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