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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.
14,249 approved · 551 refused · 878 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mauldslie Mains House Mauldslie Mains Farm Mauldslie Road Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5HW
Received 25 Oct 202166A Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 25 Oct 2021Land 34M WNW Of 2 Brimley Place Brimley Place East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Oct 202111 Saltire Crescent Larkhall ML9 2LG
Received 25 Oct 202132 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 25 Oct 2021Middle Muir Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 25 Oct 2021115 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 25 Oct 2021Skylark Early Learning Centre 110 Glen Avenue Larkhall ML9 1JN
Received 25 Oct 202139C Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 26 Oct 202120 Douglas Street Hamilton ML3 0BP
Received 26 Oct 2021Lavender Cottage Lesmahagow Road Strathaven ML10 6BZ
Received 26 Oct 202170 Loch Assynt East Kilbride G74 2DW
Received 26 Oct 2021Former Hoover Site Phase 4 Dale Avenue Cambuslang G72 7TZ
Received 26 Oct 2021Hawthorn Cottage A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 27 Oct 2021Flat 2 9 Anderson Street Hamilton ML3 0QL
Received 27 Oct 2021Land 45M Northwest Of 291 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 27 Oct 2021Unit 6 Balloch Mill Business Park Ballochmill Road Rutherglen G73 1PT
Received 27 Oct 2021Unit 7 Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 27 Oct 202118 Glenburn Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3JA
Received 27 Oct 2021Rowans Community Hall Birch Place Blantyre G72 9PL
Received 27 Oct 2021Co-op Biggar Old Auction Market Biggar Business Park Market Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 27 Oct 202155 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 27 Oct 202111 Sweethope Place Bothwell G71 8QB
Received 27 Oct 2021Land 30M Southwest Of 83 Brackenhill Drive Brackenhill Drive Hamilton
Received 28 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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