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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.
14,351 approved · 551 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 15 Dec 2021Trunlehill Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 15 Dec 202110 Swinburne Avenue Blantyre G72 9SG
Received 15 Dec 2021Land 76M East Of Medwyn View Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark
Received 15 Dec 20214 Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0TD
Received 15 Dec 20212 Killermont Meadows Bothwell G71 8EG
Received 16 Dec 20213 Stuart Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JL
Received 16 Dec 2021Pheasant Walk Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 16 Dec 202179 Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AA
Received 16 Dec 2021Drumboy Lodge Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 16 Dec 2021Stoneside Of Dripps Farm Cartside Highway Thorntonhall G74 5AP
Received 16 Dec 20216 Inchmurrin Gardens Rutherglen G73 5RU
Received 17 Dec 2021East Overton - Phase 5 Land To The North Of East Overton - Phase 4 Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 17 Dec 20214 Barrie Avenue Bothwell G71 8FA
Received 17 Dec 2021Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Headquarters Westburn Drive Cambuslang G72 7NA
Received 17 Dec 202124 Westwood Square East Kilbride G75 8JQ
Received 17 Dec 202119 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 17 Dec 20216 Hamilton Drive Cambuslang G72 8JG
Received 17 Dec 2021The Old Mill Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 17 Dec 2021The Old Mill Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 20 Dec 2021National Museum Of Rural Life Scotland Philipshill Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G76 9HR
Received 20 Dec 20219 Abernethy Avenue Blantyre G72 0FY
Received 20 Dec 2021Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Dec 2021Cruse House 20 Argyle Drive Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 9EB
Received 20 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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