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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 5 Aug 20213 Tassie Place East Kilbride G74 3EB
Received 5 Aug 202112 Douglas Drive Bothwell G71 8DH
Received 5 Aug 20212 Mosshat Road West Calder EH55 8LU
Received 5 Aug 2021Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 6 Aug 2021Gardeners Cottage Carwood B7016 From Carnwath To Biggar Biggar ML12 6LX
Received 6 Aug 2021Silvermuir House Hagholm Road Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SG
Received 6 Aug 2021St Annes Lawhill Road Law Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5EZ
Received 6 Aug 202150 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 9 Aug 2021127 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 9 Aug 20217 Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 9 Aug 2021The Old Church Angle Street Stonehouse ML9 3LB
Received 9 Aug 20211 Deneburn Access From B7040 To Deneburn Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YG
Received 9 Aug 2021Underbank House Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QQ
Received 9 Aug 20216 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 9 Aug 202154 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride G75 8YW
Received 9 Aug 202158 Beechwood Avenue Hamilton ML3 8HB
Received 9 Aug 202139 Abercorn Drive Hamilton ML3 7EZ
Received 10 Aug 2021Gateway Site Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 12 May 2021Briarlea House - New Lanark Road Larkhall ML9 2UE
Received 10 Aug 202110A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 10 Aug 2021Low Waters Hall Eliot Crescent Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6SP
Received 23 Jul 2021Glassford Hall Alston Street Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6TG
Received 9 Aug 202128 Greenlady Walk Lanark ML11 7EP
Received 10 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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