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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Premier Inn & Beefeater 35 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BQ
Received 30 Jun 2021High Carnduff Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 30 Jun 202116 Whitehill Crescent Lanark ML11 9HG
Received 30 Jun 2021Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 30 Jun 2021Land 145M Northeast Of Peel Farm Cottage Peel Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jun 2021Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1PW
Received 1 Jul 2021Eastford B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth Lanark ML11 8ET
Received 1 Jul 20215 Lochaber Road Strathaven ML10 6HZ
Received 1 Jul 2021Riverside 1 Woodhead Drive Bothwell G71 8AF
Received 1 Jul 202155 Glentarbert Road Rutherglen G73 5LW
Received 1 Jul 202135 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JP
Received 1 Jul 2021Plot 1 Land 115M Southeast Of East Overton House Glassford Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jul 2021Unit 5 Dalmarnock Trading Estate Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 1 Jul 202153 Baillie Drive East Kilbride G74 3LA
Received 1 Jul 202137 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 1 Jul 20217 Homeston Avenue Bothwell G71 8PL
Received 2 Jul 2021Land 140M East Of 33 Laighlands Road Laighlands Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Jul 2021Richland Nursery A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 7RL
Received 24 Jun 2021Land 400M Northwest Of Chapelfield House Strathaven Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 2021The Caledonian Bar 33 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 2 Jul 202161 Fraser Street Cambuslang G72 7AR
Received 5 Jul 202197 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TU
Received 5 Jul 2021Leggatfoot Cottage Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 5 Jul 20215 Randall Drive Hamilton ML3 8SF
Received 5 Jul 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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