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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.
14,216 approved · 551 refused · 875 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 450M Northeast Of Mid Hangingshaw Farm A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Oct 2021Plot 1 And Plot 2 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5BY
Received 14 Oct 2021Land 33M East Of Asheytele Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 14 Oct 202123 Fyne Crescent Larkhall ML9 2UW
Received 14 Oct 202147 Benbecula East Kilbride G74 2BS
Received 14 Oct 2021Upper Howcleugh B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar ML12 6RL
Received 15 Oct 202117 Lytham Meadows Bothwell G71 8ED
Received 18 Oct 202117 Stewart Street Hamilton ML3 0RH
Received 18 Oct 2021East Lodge Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 18 Oct 2021Land Between 20 And 21 Stonebyres Holdings Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 18 Oct 202128 Stanmore Crescent Lanark ML11 7DF
Received 18 Oct 202111 Russell Road Lanark ML11 7HL
Received 18 Oct 20211 Belstane Park Carluke ML8 4BY
Received 18 Oct 20217 Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QT
Received 18 Oct 20219 Lynn Walk Uddingston G71 7NR
Received 18 Oct 202129 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BU
Received 19 Oct 20214 Patersons Drive Strathaven ML10 6YX
Received 19 Oct 202127 Mitchell Avenue Cambuslang G72 7SQ
Received 19 Oct 2021Plot 13 Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 19 Oct 202110 Beechwood Larkhall ML9 2AN
Received 19 Oct 2021Bloomsholm Cottage C133 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RD
Received 19 Oct 2021Covington Mill Farmhouse Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 20 Oct 202110 King Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EF
Received 20 Oct 20218 Sanquhar Gardens Blantyre G72 9LY
Received 20 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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