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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PQ
Received 16 Jul 2021Baitlaws House Baitlaws Road Lamington Biggar ML12 6HR
Received 16 Jul 2021Former Vogue Cinema And Bingo Hall 11 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 16 Jul 202110A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 1 Jun 202110A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 1 Jun 2021Former Vogue Cinema And Bingo Hall 11 Keith Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jul 20214 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 19 Jul 2021A73, Roundabout At Junction Of Ladyacre Road And Hyndford Road, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 7LQ
Received 19 Jul 20218 Honeysuckle Crescent Cambuslang G72 6PB
Received 19 Jul 2021Lochar Water Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 19 Jul 202111 Gilderdale East Kilbride G74 4NJ
Received 20 Jul 202169 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XJ
Received 20 Jul 2021Land 1km West Of Littlegala Farm B7055 From Wiston A73 To Mountstewart Access Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Jul 202131 Suntroy Grove East Kilbride G75 8SR
Received 20 Jul 2021106 Auchinraith Road Blantyre G72 0PU
Received 20 Jul 20214 Carnoustie Court Bothwell G71 8UB
Received 20 Jul 2021102 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 20 Jul 2021Land 48M NNE Of Thornbeck Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Jul 202124 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 21 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To 26/1 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 21 Jul 202126 Meadow Drive Cambuslang G72 6QD
Received 21 Jul 2021168 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 3DX
Received 21 Jul 20211 Drummond Place East Kilbride G74 3AD
Received 21 Jul 2021Land To West Of Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 21 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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