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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.
14,306 approved · 551 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Barrie Avenue Bothwell G71 8FA
Received 19 Nov 202154 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen G73 3RZ
Received 19 Nov 2021Glenochar Cottage A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6TH
Received 19 Nov 202152 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 19 Nov 2021Plot 4 Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 19 Nov 2021Phase 2D Land 180M Northwest Of Dalton School Lodge Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Nov 202120 Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AY
Received 19 Nov 2021Bertram House Bertram Avenue Carnwath Lanark
Received 22 Nov 20211 New Road Cambuslang G72 7PU
Received 22 Nov 2021Border Biscuits South Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 22 Nov 202114 North Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AT
Received 22 Nov 202139 Laighlands Road Bothwell G71 8AL
Received 22 Nov 2021Land 330M South Of Craigpark On Braehead Road Barbana Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Nov 202139 - 41 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 22 Nov 20218 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 22 Nov 20217 Cleland Place East Kilbride G74 3EL
Received 22 Nov 202112 Tukalo Drive Strathaven ML10 6UX
Received 22 Nov 202116 Poplar Crescent Quarter Hamilton ML3 7FG
Received 22 Nov 2021Land 90M Northeast Of 38 Laighlands Road Laighlands Road Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Nov 202111 Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DS
Received 23 Nov 202121 Armour Court Blantyre G72 9TS
Received 23 Nov 202115 Milton Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BQ
Received 23 Nov 2021240 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UZ
Received 23 Nov 202131 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JF
Received 19 Nov 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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