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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.
14,368 approved · 551 refused · 888 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 29 Dec 202167 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GX
Received 31 Dec 20211 Loanfoot Paddock Boat Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NU
Received 3 Jan 202293 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EW
Received 4 Jan 202231 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 4 Jan 202264 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 4 Jan 202218 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 5 Jan 202281 Cathcart Road Rutherglen G73 2DT
Received 5 Jan 2022Land 32M Southwest Of The Neuk Coulter Haugh Road Coulter Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Jan 202212 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell G71 8TH
Received 5 Jan 2022Land 32M Southwest Of The Neuk Coulter Haugh Road Coulter Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Jan 202225 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LH
Received 5 Jan 202270 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8DX
Received 6 Jan 20221 Lythgow Way Lanark ML11 7JA
Received 6 Jan 202261 Shelley Drive Bothwell G71 8TA
Received 6 Jan 20224 Mcguire Gate Bothwell G71 8FL
Received 6 Jan 2022Damhead Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QZ
Received 6 Jan 202270 Newmilns Gardens Blantyre G72 0JQ
Received 7 Jan 2022Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 7 Jan 20222 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 7 Jan 20221 Spynie Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FN
Received 7 Jan 2022Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jan 2022Middle Muir Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Jan 20228 Plough Court Cambuslang G72 6ZL
Received 7 Jan 2022Records 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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