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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.
14,126 approved · 550 refused · 862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Speirs Gait Law Carluke ML8 5GF
Received 20 Sept 202121 Blinkbonny Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QR
Received 20 Sept 2021Land 65M SSE Of Yett Holm Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Sept 2021Site Of Former 1 Croftbank Crescent Croftbank Crescent Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Sept 202120 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell G71 8EE
Received 21 Sept 202122 Castle Gate Uddingston G71 7HU
Received 21 Sept 20213 Dornoch Way Blantyre G72 0GR
Received 21 Sept 2021The Crown Inn 109 - 111 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 21 Sept 2021The Crown Inn 109 - 111 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 21 Sept 202134 Bruce Terrace Blantyre G72 9AG
Received 21 Sept 202120 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LJ
Received 21 Sept 2021Land 140M East Of 33 Laighlands Road Laighlands Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Sept 2021112 Baird Hill East Kilbride G75 0EF
Received 21 Sept 20219 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 22 Sept 20219 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 22 Sept 2021Land 42M NNW Of The Old Manse Elsrickle Village Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 22 Sept 202126A Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 22 Sept 20211 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 22 Sept 20217 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 23 Sept 2021Land 34M South Of Unit 3 Langlands Gate Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Sept 2021Plot 6 Land 185M West Of 22 Lanark Road Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Sept 202139 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 23 Sept 20212 Kinneil Place Hamilton ML3 8QQ
Received 23 Sept 20215 Dukes Gate Bothwell G71 8SN
Received 23 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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