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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.
14,148 approved · 551 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Myrtle Walk Cambuslang G72 8BU
Received 29 Sept 2021Abbeyfield Extra Care House 78 Stonelaw Drive Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 3NZ
Received 24 Sept 202144 Lindsay Road East Kilbride G74 4JA
Received 29 Sept 202188 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PG
Received 29 Sept 20211 Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 9SY
Received 30 Sept 2021Land 85M ENE Of Jackton Cottage Eaglesham Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Sept 20215 Stonefield Place Blantyre G72 9TH
Received 30 Sept 20211 Moray Gate Bothwell G71 8BY
Received 30 Sept 2021201 Lanark Road Hazelbank Lanark ML11 9XN
Received 30 Sept 2021Woodlands Farm Stonehill Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PH
Received 30 Sept 202143 Pailis Crescent Bothwell G71 8FP
Received 30 Sept 202114 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DJ
Received 1 Oct 2021Crawford Scientific Holm Street Strathaven ML10 6NB
Received 1 Oct 2021108 Covington Road Thankerton Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6NE
Received 4 Oct 2021Land 50M SSW Of 1 Milton Cottage Milton Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Oct 202118 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 4 Oct 2021Honeybank Cottage 102 Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RA
Received 4 Oct 2021Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 29 Sept 202136 Stewartfield Drive East Kilbride G74 4UA
Received 4 Oct 202142 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LH
Received 4 Oct 202127 Morag Avenue Blantyre G72 9LD
Received 4 Oct 2021165 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5HD
Received 4 Oct 2021Bonnington Power Station Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 5 Oct 2021Stonebyres Power Station Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 5 Oct 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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