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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14,357 approved · 551 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mayfield Edinburgh Road Biggar ML12 6QX
Received 22 Dec 2021Land 80M North Of Sunnyside House Sunnyside House Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark
Received 22 Dec 2021Brownsbank Cottage Museum 1 A702 From Biggar To A721 At Melbourne Crossroads Biggar ML12 6QY
Received 22 Dec 202121 Quarry Road Law Carluke ML8 5HB
Received 22 Dec 20213 Boghall Park Biggar ML12 6EY
Received 22 Dec 2021Land 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 202153 Drumsargard Road Rutherglen G73 5AL
Received 23 Dec 202167 Hunthill Road Blantyre G72 9SR
Received 23 Dec 20212 Forrest Gate Hamilton ML3 8LB
Received 23 Dec 2021Tesco Teiglum Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0HY
Received 23 Dec 2021Land At Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 23 Dec 2021Land 90M ESE Of 24 Simpson Drive Strutherhill Larkhall
Received 24 Nov 2021Land 50M South Of 6 Hunterlees Gardens Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Oct 2021Coach House Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DS
Received 24 Dec 202134 Carnwath Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 24 Dec 202112 Nemphlat Hill Lanark ML11 7PN
Received 27 Dec 20213 Claudius Crescent Cambuslang G72 8XD
Received 28 Dec 20212 Broughton East Kilbride G75 0JU
Received 29 Dec 2021Tesco Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7ET
Received 29 Dec 202132 Bradda Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DE
Received 29 Dec 20214 Shaw's Road Larkhall ML9 2TR
Received 29 Dec 202144 Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SA
Received 29 Dec 202135 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7QS
Received 30 Dec 2021Land 120M Northwest Of Blackwood Gardens Blackwood Estate Access For Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 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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