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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.
14,357 approved · 551 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
49 Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen G73 4EL
Received 20 Dec 20216 Princes Gate Bothwell G71 8SP
Received 20 Dec 2021135 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AE
Received 20 Dec 2021Middle Muir Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 20 Dec 2021Site East Of High Hook Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 21 Dec 2021Laigh Blackmoss Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 21 Dec 202198 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GB
Received 21 Dec 2021Land At St Isidore's R.C. Church Lindsaylands Road Biggar
Received 21 Dec 202114 Applegarth Road Strathaven ML10 6HT
Received 21 Dec 202114 Farrier Crescent Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SR
Received 21 Dec 2021Bothwell Castle Golf Club Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8TD
Received 21 Dec 2021Station View Rigside Road Douglas Water Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9LP
Received 21 Dec 202153 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 21 Dec 202112 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DZ
Received 21 Dec 20214 Rosebank Place Hamilton ML3 9JZ
Received 21 Dec 202154 Bertram Street Hamilton ML3 0QS
Received 21 Dec 20216 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 21 Dec 2021233A Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QN
Received 21 Dec 20214 Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6XY
Received 21 Dec 20216 Golf Gardens Larkhall ML9 2TQ
Received 22 Dec 202130 Dungavel Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PE
Received 22 Dec 20211 Milton Street Carluke ML8 5BL
Received 22 Dec 20219 Albany Drive Lanark ML11 9AG
Received 22 Dec 202169 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell G71 8PP
Received 22 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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