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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.
14,334 approved · 551 refused · 884 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 9 Dec 202118 And 18A Springhill Road Douglas Lanark ML11 0QY
Received 9 Dec 202110 Winton Park East Kilbride G75 8QW
Received 10 Dec 2021Land 16M West Of 47 Honeycomb Place Honeycomb Place Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Dec 202126 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 10 Dec 2021St Annes Lawhill Road Law Carluke ML8 5EZ
Received 10 Dec 2021Mouse Mill Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9UG
Received 10 Dec 2021Sheriff Court House 24 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NQ
Received 10 Dec 2021The Holding Candymill Road Candymill Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6FJ
Received 10 Dec 20215 Sunnyside Drive Biggar ML12 6WU
Received 13 Dec 2021High Barn 3 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 13 Dec 202116 Golf View Strathaven ML10 6AZ
Received 13 Dec 202165 Linwood Terrace Hamilton ML3 9AF
Received 13 Dec 2021Land 41M North Of The Warren Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Dec 2021Stoneside Of Dripps Farm Cartside Highway Thorntonhall G74 5AP
Received 13 Dec 202111 Virginia Grove Hamilton ML3 8SU
Received 13 Dec 202189A Southcroft Road Rutherglen G73 1UG
Received 13 Dec 2021Land Adjacent To Hillcrest Strathaven Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 7UX
Received 14 Dec 2021Glasgow Road Nerston Village East Kilbride G74 4QA
Received 14 Dec 202120 George Allan Place Strathaven ML10 6EH
Received 14 Dec 20212 Glen Devon East Kilbride G74 2JP
Received 14 Dec 2021Morrisons Car Park 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 15 Dec 2021Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 15 Dec 2021Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 15 Dec 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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