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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Somerville Drive East Kilbride G75 0LX
Received 30 Jul 2021Lloyds TSB 20 Quarry Place Hamilton ML3 7BB
Received 30 Jul 202113 Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 30 Jul 202110 Burncleuch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NU
Received 30 Jul 2021Caldergreen Farm High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 2 Aug 20211 Kellys Lane Carluke ML8 4NN
Received 2 Aug 202112 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 2 Aug 202110 Waterloo Drive Lanark ML11 7QN
Received 2 Aug 202112A Newcross Centre Lamb Street Hamilton ML3 6AH
Received 2 Aug 2021Land 34M East Of Heads Cottage Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Aug 2021160 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HT
Received 3 Aug 2021118 - 122 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AX
Received 3 Aug 2021118 - 122 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AX
Received 3 Aug 202114 Penman Avenue Rutherglen G73 1HP
Received 4 Aug 202154 Ashgillhead Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AE
Received 4 Aug 2021Site Of Former Stuart Hotel 2 Cornwall Way East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Aug 2021Braefield C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 4 Aug 2021Institute Bridge, New Lanark
Received 4 Aug 20217 Wellknowe Road Thorntonhall G74 5AH
Received 4 Aug 2021Teaths Farm Teaths Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 4 Aug 2021Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 4 Aug 202130 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 5 Aug 2021Derelict Bothy Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Aug 20216 Broomhill View Larkhall ML9 1AW
Received 5 Aug 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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