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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.
14,398 approved · 552 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 4 Feb 20227 Stoneyhill Wynd Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6UJ
Received 7 Feb 202256 Ewing Street Rutherglen G73 2NP
Received 7 Feb 202212 Meadow Drive Cambuslang G72 6QD
Received 7 Feb 2022102 Lockhart Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LZ
Received 7 Feb 2022Meadowfoot Farm C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 8 Feb 2022Land 135M Northwest Of Waterside Lodge Carmunnock By Pass East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Feb 202215 Mcewan Gardens East Kilbride G74 4SW
Received 8 Feb 2022Earl's Rest 6B Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 8 Feb 2022Lilybank Nursery 7A Lilybank Street Hamilton ML3 6NN
Received 8 Feb 2022Unit 3 Block 4 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0UP
Received 8 Feb 202210 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QQ
Received 8 Feb 20224 Auckland Park East Kilbride G75 8QJ
Received 9 Feb 202224 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 9 Feb 202214 Fairlie East Kilbride G74 4SE
Received 9 Feb 202233 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0BU
Received 9 Feb 20223 Coleridge East Kilbride G75 8RD
Received 9 Feb 20222 Beauly Avenue Strathaven ML10 6FE
Received 9 Feb 202217 Plantation Grove Cambuslang G72 6PD
Received 9 Feb 202279 Miller Street Carluke ML8 4DN
Received 10 Feb 202229 Quarryknowe Rutherglen G73 2RN
Received 10 Feb 202246 Castlemains Crescent Uddingston G71 7ND
Received 10 Feb 202229 Whittaker Avenue East Kilbride G75 9QA
Received 10 Feb 2022Land 750M Southeast Of Dungavel Immigration Centre Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 9 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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