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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.
14,326 approved · 551 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunnyside Farm Wee Sunnyside Road Larkhall ML9 1RB
Received 23 Nov 202146 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JG
Received 23 Nov 202151 Strutherhill Larkhall ML9 1LP
Received 24 Nov 202151 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 22 Nov 202151 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 22 Nov 2021Parkville 296 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9DG
Received 24 Nov 2021Land Between 20 And 21 Stonebyres Holdings Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 24 Nov 2021Mauldslie Mains House Mauldslie Mains Farm Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 24 Nov 202127 Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7BZ
Received 25 Nov 20215 Manse Road Lanark ML11 7QD
Received 25 Nov 202134 Smithycroft Hamilton ML3 7UL
Received 25 Nov 202134 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 25 Nov 2021Avondyke Training Centre Dykehead Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3PD
Received 26 Nov 20217 Bankhouse Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0ES
Received 26 Nov 202174 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 26 Nov 202140 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 26 Nov 20213 Pitcairn Place East Kilbride G75 8TW
Received 26 Nov 202131 Dunsyre Road Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NA
Received 26 Nov 202112 Barrie Avenue Bothwell G71 8FA
Received 29 Nov 2021Land 275M Northeast Of Easter House Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Nov 20211 Windyridge Hamilton ML3 7PS
Received 29 Nov 202186 Westwood Hill East Kilbride G75 8DW
Received 29 Nov 20217 Lapwing Drive Cambuslang G72 6AT
Received 29 Nov 20216 Davies Acre East Kilbride G74 5BZ
Received 29 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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