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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.
14,112 approved · 550 refused · 861 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Craigenhill Park Drive Kilncadzow Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 4SD
Received 14 Sept 2021Clyde Cottage Sydes Brae Blantyre G72 0TP
Received 14 Sept 202116 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 14 Sept 20214 MacArthur Crescent East Kilbride G74 4TL
Received 14 Sept 202166A Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 14 Sept 2021Plot 12 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall ML9 2WD
Received 14 Sept 2021Snabe Farm Sand Quarry Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 9 Sept 2021Philips Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BZ
Received 15 Sept 2021Land 35M South Of 25 Biggar Road Biggar Road Libberton Lanark
Received 15 Sept 20216 Bell Drive Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0FB
Received 10 Sept 20212 Sutherland Street Blantyre G72 0DU
Received 15 Sept 20211 Beechwood Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PG
Received 15 Sept 2021Earnock Service Station 105 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9UE
Received 15 Sept 20211 Urwin Lane East Kilbride G75 8GZ
Received 16 Sept 2021Maryfield Cottage C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 16 Sept 20215 Woodlands Terrace Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PS
Received 16 Sept 2021Glentaggart Opencast Coal Site A70 From Glenbuck To Douglas Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Sept 2021Land 21M East Of 3 Allison Street Allison Street Carstairs Junction Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Sept 202111 Graham Avenue East Kilbride G74 4JZ
Received 16 Sept 2021Land 43M Southwest Of 59 Clare Crescent Clare Crescent Larkhall
Received 16 Sept 2021The Inn 18 Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RY
Received 17 Sept 202112 Northway Blantyre G72 9HT
Received 17 Sept 20215 Cleveden Drive Rutherglen G73 3SY
Received 17 Sept 202110 Old Brae Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EH
Received 20 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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