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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.
14,389 approved · 551 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Bressay Grove Cambuslang G72 8QU
Received 24 Jan 202252 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 24 Jan 20224 Dunlop Court Strathaven ML10 6LW
Received 24 Jan 2022Land 45M East Of 91 Manse Road Manse Road Forth Lanark
Received 24 Jan 202210 Newlands Street Lanark ML11 9BD
Received 24 Jan 202256 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LZ
Received 24 Jan 202212 Abbotsford Avenue Hamilton ML3 0PP
Received 24 Jan 2022Southwood Mill Bungalow Station Road Abington Biggar ML12 6RW
Received 24 Jan 202234 Newfield Crescent Hamilton ML3 9DT
Received 25 Jan 20224 Manse Court Law Carluke ML8 5EE
Received 25 Jan 2022Whitelee Forest Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jan 20221 Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6ET
Received 25 Jan 2022Laigh Plewland Farm Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RG
Received 25 Jan 2022Snabe Farm Sand Quarry Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 25 Jan 20227 Manse Avenue Bothwell G71 8PQ
Received 26 Jan 202241 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 26 Jan 2022Unit 2 Block 7 South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0XB
Received 24 Jan 202217 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang G72 7UR
Received 26 Jan 2022Land 95M ESE Of 37 Downiebrae Road Downiebrae Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Jan 202281 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FG
Received 26 Jan 20228 Greenrig Uddingston G71 7TB
Received 26 Jan 20227 Brandon Street Hamilton ML3 6DA
Received 27 Jan 2022Auchmeddan Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 27 Jan 202270 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UB
Received 27 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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