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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.
14,390 approved · 551 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
2 Beaton Walk Cambuslang G72 8XR
Received 1 Feb 2022Power Station Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 1 Feb 2022Shielswood Biggarshiels Road Biggar ML12 6RE
Received 1 Feb 202211 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 1 Feb 2022Site Of Former Laburnum House Laburnum Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Feb 20226 Sweethope Gardens Bothwell G71 8BT
Received 1 Feb 202219 Holmhill Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NX
Received 1 Feb 2022119 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5BT
Received 1 Feb 202214 Fairlie East Kilbride G74 4SE
Received 2 Feb 202227 Summerlee Road Larkhall ML9 2UH
Received 2 Feb 20226 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 3 Feb 202225 Barmore Avenue Carluke ML8 4PE
Received 3 Feb 2022Land 28M East Of 11 Colebrooke Terrace Colebrooke Terrace Abington Biggar
Received 3 Feb 20229 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 3 Feb 2022Land Off Blantyre Farm Road Blantyre
Received 3 Feb 2022Land 75M SSE Of Avonhill Cottage B745 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Drumclog Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Feb 2022High Cauldcoats Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Feb 202269 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 4 Feb 202228 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 4 Feb 2022Land 325M North Of 81 Dale Avenue Dale Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Feb 20224 Avenel Crescent Strathaven ML10 6JF
Received 4 Feb 2022Land 325M North Of 81 Dale Avenue Dale Avenue Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 202227 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HH
Received 4 Feb 20221 Stuart Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JL
Received 4 Feb 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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