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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Barbana Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Aug 2021Glentaggart Wind Farm Andershaw Road Glespin Lanark
Received 6 Aug 202131 Smithycroft Hamilton ML3 7UL
Received 16 Aug 20212 Bridge Street Strathaven ML10 6AN
Received 16 Aug 202114 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 16 Aug 20216 Spittal Road Rutherglen G73 4QN
Received 16 Aug 202128 Chantinghall Road Hamilton ML3 8NG
Received 16 Aug 202128 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TS
Received 16 Aug 20214 West Avenue Carluke ML8 5AE
Received 16 Aug 20213 Cleghorn Drive Lanark ML11 7QZ
Received 16 Aug 202134 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JL
Received 16 Aug 2021103 Philips Wynd Hamilton ML3 8PH
Received 16 Aug 2021Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 30 Jul 2021Tesco Extra Dalmarnock Trading Estate Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1AE
Received 16 Aug 20212 Croft Wynd Uddingston G71 7BJ
Received 16 Aug 2021Campbell Court 7 Burnside Court Rutherglen G73 5BS
Received 16 Aug 20217 Alloway Crescent Rutherglen G73 4PU
Received 17 Aug 2021Land 142M ENE Of 43 Clyde Avenue Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 17 Aug 202137 Stonehall Avenue Hamilton ML3 8PB
Received 17 Aug 202110 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 17 Aug 202129 Berwick Drive Rutherglen G73 3NB
Received 18 Aug 202193 County Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DG
Received 18 Aug 2021Land 70M Southwest Of Sanmex Buildings Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Aug 2021Land 52M Southeast Of Valleyview Cottage Oldhill Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 18 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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