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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.
14,170 approved · 551 refused · 869 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Knap Howgate Road Roberton Biggar ML12 6RS
Received 5 Oct 20211 Ingerbeck Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DR
Received 5 Oct 20217 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 6 Oct 202162 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3JG
Received 6 Oct 202164 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 29 Sept 2021Land 165M Southwest Of South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Stonehouse Strathaven Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Sept 20217 Green Ferns Blackwood Lanark ML11 9XT
Received 6 Oct 20212 Barbush Place Strathaven ML10 6JQ
Received 6 Oct 2021Birnam Motor Salvage Blantyre Farm Road Blantyre G71 7RN
Received 6 Oct 202184 Dukes Road Cambuslang G72 7AH
Received 7 Oct 2021Land At Greenbank Crescent Glassford Strathaven ML10 6UA
Received 7 Oct 20212 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 7 Oct 20212 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 7 Oct 2021Land 14M North Of 35 Antrim Lane Roselea Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Oct 20212 Fennsbank Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LR
Received 7 Oct 2021Land 24M South Of 54 Churchill Crescent Bothwell
Received 7 Oct 2021Forth Mains Farm Climpy Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8EN
Received 7 Oct 20217 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 7 Oct 202150 Loancroft Gate Uddingston G71 7HN
Received 8 Oct 2021Burnside Gate Union Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Oct 2021Land West Of Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 8 Oct 2021Land To The West Of Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 8 Oct 2021Sheaffyknowe Farm Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Oct 202126A Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 11 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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