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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trade Team Dale Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7DX
Received 10 Aug 20217 Crossbow Gardens Blantyre G72 9UR
Received 10 Aug 20211 Gillfoot Nursery Waygateshaw Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 11 Aug 202132 Brouster Hill East Kilbride G74 1AG
Received 11 Aug 202160 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 11 Aug 202155 Biggar Road Symington Biggar ML12 6FT
Received 11 Aug 20217 Lodge Park Biggar ML12 6ER
Received 11 Aug 2021Land 25M South Of 7 Old Brae Old Brae Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Aug 2021Milton View Waygateshaw Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PX
Received 11 Aug 2021Communications Station Layby From B7076 To Termination At Rail Bridge Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Aug 2021Snack Cabin Adjacent To Former Sanmex Buildings 5 Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1PW
Received 11 Aug 202164 Langlea Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SU
Received 11 Aug 202110 Dalrymple Drive East Kilbride G74 4LE
Received 12 Aug 202163 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9TE
Received 12 Aug 2021Land Between 8 And 10 Hamilton Drive Blantyre G72 9UB
Received 12 Aug 202150 Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 12 Aug 2021Land 120M Southwest Of 4 Coney Road Coney Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 13 Aug 2021Land 31M WSW Of 4 Coney Road Coney Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 13 Aug 2021198 - 200 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9JJ
Received 13 Aug 2021Woodlea Meadowflats Road Thankerton ML12 6NF
Received 13 Aug 20217 Rowan Grove Quarter Hamilton ML3 7TT
Received 13 Aug 202125 Pailis Crescent Bothwell G71 8FP
Received 13 Aug 2021Jacob House Yieldshields Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 13 Aug 2021Land 130M South Of Netherburn Primary School Station Road Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 6 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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