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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14,079 approved · 550 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
329 Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UU
Received 1 Sept 2021Thorn Hill Farm Thorn Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Sept 2021Ponfeigh Station Douglas Water Caravan Site Rigside Road Douglas Water Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Sept 2021Land 40M SSW Of Douglas Community Fire Station Welldale Street Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Sept 202170 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UB
Received 1 Sept 202119 Mccallum Avenue Rutherglen G73 3AJ
Received 1 Sept 202141 Calderglen Road East Kilbride G74 2JS
Received 1 Sept 2021East Kilbride Community Growth Area - North Eaglesham Road Jackton
Received 1 Sept 2021Land 230M West Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 2021Land 67M Northwest Of Holmview A70 From Rigside To Hyndford Bridge Sandilands Lanark
Received 2 Sept 202112 Station Road Larkhall ML9 2DB
Received 2 Sept 2021Land 350M North Of Gowmacmorran Farm B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 2021Auld Store Bar 13 Station Road Law Carluke ML8 5LN
Received 2 Sept 202137 Grant Court Hamilton ML3 7UT
Received 2 Sept 202135 Grant Court Hamilton ML3 7UT
Received 2 Sept 2021Land 41M North Of The Warren Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 202119 Grieve Croft Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 2 Sept 202114 Carding Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LS
Received 2 Sept 20217 Badger Wynd Cambuslang G72 6AN
Received 3 Sept 202129 Dalwhinnie Avenue Blantyre G72 9NQ
Received 3 Sept 2021Telecommunications Mast - 45M South Of 226 Eaglesham Road Hairmyres Station Car Park Eaglesham Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Sept 202112 South Back Road Biggar ML12 6AL
Received 3 Sept 20215 Whiteford Court Hamilton ML3 7UW
Received 3 Sept 20215 Aklins Lane Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3FH
Received 3 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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