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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Wamphray Place East Kilbride G75 8BN
Received 26 Jul 202116 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 26 Jul 2021Boghill Farm Hawksland Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 26 Jul 2021Boghill Farm Hawksland Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 26 Jul 202120 Rodger Place Rutherglen G73 2AX
Received 27 Jul 20215 Boyd Orr Mews Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6GT
Received 27 Jul 202123 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 27 Jul 20214 Patersons Drive Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6YX
Received 27 Jul 2021Depot Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1PW
Received 27 Jul 202142 Braemar Crescent Carluke ML8 4BH
Received 28 Jul 20211 Carrick Gardens Hamilton ML3 8XE
Received 28 Jul 202138 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NU
Received 28 Jul 2021Unit 4 Kingsgate Retail Park Howard Avenue East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 28 Jul 202167 Hospitland Drive Lanark ML11 7EH
Received 28 Jul 202113 Keats Park Bothwell G71 8TG
Received 29 Jul 202112 Snaefell Crescent Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 5BY
Received 29 Jul 20211 High Meadow Carluke ML8 4PT
Received 29 Jul 20213 Mccallum Court East Kilbride G74 4SH
Received 29 Jul 202159 Newlands Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 8WW
Received 29 Jul 2021Land Between 44 And 58 Sherifflats Road Sherifflats Road Thankerton Biggar
Received 29 Jul 2021Plot 7 Dillarburn Road Dillarburn Lesmahagow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jul 2021Highflat Farm Highflatt Road Clarkston G76 9EU
Received 30 Jul 20214 Wood Aven Drive East Kilbride G74 4UE
Received 30 Jul 20216 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 30 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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