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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.
14,378 approved · 551 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang G72 8JY
Received 7 Jan 2022St Columbkilles Rc Church 2 Kirkwood Street Rutherglen G73 2SL
Received 7 Jan 2022St Columbkilles Rc Church 2 Kirkwood Street Rutherglen G73 2SL
Received 7 Jan 202223 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AU
Received 10 Jan 2022Land 250M East Of Easter House Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 2022East Rogerton Farm Nerston Road East Kilbride G74 4NX
Received 10 Jan 2022Golf Centre Blantyre Farm Road Blantyre G71 7RR
Received 10 Jan 2022Land 940M Northwest Of Woolfords Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder
Received 10 Jan 202212 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DG
Received 10 Jan 20223 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 10 Jan 20224 Orchard Place Hamilton ML3 6PG
Received 10 Jan 20222 Cloverhill View East Kilbride G74 1BH
Received 11 Jan 2022Plot 2 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Jan 2022Turnlaw View Turnlaw Road Cambuslang G72 8YJ
Received 11 Jan 202223 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 11 Jan 2022Miller Homes Little Earnock Farm 2 Highstonehall Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Jan 20227 Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DS
Received 11 Jan 2022126 Auchinraith Road Blantyre G72 0XR
Received 11 Jan 20223 The Neuk Stonehouse ML9 3HP
Received 11 Jan 20223 Lawside Meadows Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 11 Jan 20229 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 12 Jan 2022Site Adjacent To Castlehill Bowling Club Belstane Road Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 12 Jan 202212 Buttercup Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZG
Received 12 Jan 202233 Small Crescent Blantyre G72 0NN
Received 12 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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