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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.
14,134 approved · 550 refused · 864 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Mardale East Kilbride G74 4ND
Received 23 Sept 2021Rothesbank Nemphlar Moor Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JD
Received 23 Sept 202114 Wellshaw View Hamilton ML3 9FQ
Received 23 Sept 20217 East Greenlees Avenue Cambuslang G72 8TZ
Received 23 Sept 202129 Nursery Drive Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3BQ
Received 24 Sept 2021Wyndales Farm St Johns Kirk Symington Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6HX
Received 24 Sept 2021Plot 1 Stablestone Ayr Road Glespin Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0SF
Received 24 Sept 202116 Green Street Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Sept 202137 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PN
Received 22 Sept 202191 Robert Smillie Crescent Larkhall ML9 1LE
Received 24 Sept 202118 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 27 Sept 2021130 Craigbank Street Larkhall ML9 1JP
Received 27 Sept 20214 Edward Street Hamilton ML3 6PW
Received 27 Sept 2021West Brownlee House Brownlee Road Law Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 27 Sept 2021Land 1.22km WNW Of Nether Howecleugh B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Sept 202129 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 28 Sept 2021149 Carlisle Road Crawford Biggar ML12 6TP
Received 28 Sept 2021Eastend Farm Carmunnock Road Clarkston G76 9ET
Received 28 Sept 2021The Coach House 17 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DJ
Received 28 Sept 20211 Dawson Avenue East Kilbride G75 8LJ
Received 28 Sept 202125 Tanzieknowe Drive Cambuslang G72 8RG
Received 28 Sept 2021Langlands West Auldhouse Road East Kilbride G75 0RH
Received 28 Sept 20211 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 28 Sept 202157 Callaghan Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PS
Received 28 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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