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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.
14,380 approved · 551 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 12 Jan 2022Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 20 Dec 20212 Waterfall Meadows Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7TF
Received 12 Jan 20221 Ramillies Court Carluke ML8 4RH
Received 12 Jan 202236 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0BU
Received 12 Jan 202216 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 13 Jan 20226 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 13 Jan 202221 Rodger Drive Rutherglen G73 3QY
Received 13 Jan 2022Windy Dell 11 North Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HW
Received 13 Jan 2022Land 115M Northwest Of 52 Rickard Avenue Rickard Avenue Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Jan 20228 Knockside Biggar ML12 6EH
Received 14 Jan 202240 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 17 Jan 202240 Lammermoor East Kilbride G74 3SE
Received 17 Jan 20227 Westfarm Drive Cambuslang G72 7RG
Received 17 Jan 202211 Barefield Street Larkhall ML9 2BY
Received 17 Jan 20229 Hogan Drive Strathaven ML10 6EP
Received 17 Jan 2022Tesco Teiglum Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HY
Received 17 Jan 2022Land 100M Northeast Of Cambuslang Karting Dale Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Jan 20221 Curries Close Douglas Lanark ML11 0QN
Received 17 Jan 202251 Cedar Place East Kilbride G75 9HT
Received 18 Jan 2022Land 25M Southeast Of Hillview C26 From A70 At Sandilands To A73 At Warrenhill Carmichael Biggar
Received 18 Jan 20223 Mains Court Lanark ML11 7JW
Received 18 Jan 2022La Piazza Pizzeria 33 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 4PW
Received 18 Jan 20223 Birch Close Cambuslang G72 7LU
Received 18 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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