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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
126 Main Street Blantyre G72 0EW
Received 27 Aug 2021Frankie And Benny Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 27 Aug 2021Kirkwood Farm Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 23 Aug 2021Thornton Farm Cottage Thornton Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 5AL
Received 27 Aug 2021Land 145M Southwest Of 7 Dechmont Cottages Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 27 Aug 202136 School Street Hamilton ML3 6SD
Received 27 Aug 202127 Marsden Wynd East Kilbride G75 9PX
Received 27 Aug 20212 Kelvin Court East Kilbride G75 0TZ
Received 30 Aug 20219 Newgrove Gardens Cambuslang G72 7LL
Received 30 Aug 202141 Springbank Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TY
Received 30 Aug 2021Land 100M Southwest Of 1 Stoneyburn A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Crawford Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Aug 2021Land At Newlands Dairy East Kilbride
Received 30 Aug 2021Gillespie Centre 74 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 30 Aug 202154 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BN
Received 5 Jul 202193 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JF
Received 30 Aug 2021Sunnyside Cottage C29 From Carstairs Junction To Pettinain Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SS
Received 30 Aug 2021Littlegala Farm B7055 From Wiston A73 To Mountstewart Access Wiston Biggar ML12 6HU
Received 31 Aug 202180 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7TP
Received 31 Aug 2021131 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 31 Aug 202113 Meadowfoot Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QH
Received 31 Aug 2021Plot 22 Land 50M South Of 21 Albert Park Albert Park Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Aug 2021Land 54M Northeast Of 18 To 28 Westport Westport Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Aug 202143 Newfield Place Rutherglen G73 1HQ
Received 1 Sept 202123 Mccallum Grove East Kilbride G74 4SJ
Received 1 Sept 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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