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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.
14,385 approved · 551 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 19 Jan 202221 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen G73 3LG
Received 19 Jan 2022Redevelopment Of Duchess Place And Cunningham Road Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 17 Jan 2022Falla Farm Cottage Westsidewood Road Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 19 Jan 202225A Thomson Street Strathaven ML10 6JZ
Received 19 Jan 202225 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark ML11 9HT
Received 19 Jan 202265 Woodlands Gardens Bothwell G71 8NU
Received 19 Jan 2022Greenhill Burn Braes Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 19 Jan 20221 Annan Avenue Blantyre G72 0WL
Received 20 Jan 2022Land Adjacent To Holmpark Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride G74 3XY
Received 20 Jan 202221 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 20 Jan 20227A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 20 Jan 2022Maythorne Cottage Thorn Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SJ
Received 20 Jan 202221 Medwin Gardens East Kilbride G75 8JZ
Received 20 Jan 202265 St Ronans Drive Rutherglen G73 3SS
Received 20 Jan 202244 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PY
Received 20 Jan 2022Land 280M Southeast Of Righead Cottage Bog Road Devonburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Jan 20226 Westbank Holdings Ayr Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NL
Received 21 Jan 2022Bamflatt Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Jan 202236 Gordon Drive East Kilbride G74 3AG
Received 21 Jan 202257 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 21 Jan 202225 Murray Court Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9SL
Received 21 Jan 2022Greenbank Craigend Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 21 Jan 2022Clydeview Cottage Blair Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QR
Received 24 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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