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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.
14,404 approved · 553 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lochside Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 16 Feb 202233 Covington Oval Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RU
Received 16 Feb 2022AMC Lighting Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 16 Feb 2022Low Drumclog Farm C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 16 Feb 2022Linden 17B Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NT
Received 17 Feb 20223 Naismith Court Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3HE
Received 17 Feb 20227A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 17 Feb 202243 Grant Court Hamilton ML3 7UT
Received 17 Feb 20222 Cairnlea Road Strathaven ML10 6EY
Received 17 Feb 20224 Kirkstyle Avenue Carluke ML8 5AQ
Received 17 Feb 202214 Capel Grove East Kilbride G74 3DE
Received 17 Feb 2022Lochside Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 17 Feb 2022Land 68M Southwest Of 25 The Loaning The Loaning Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Feb 202230 Elphinstone Crescent Biggar ML12 6GU
Received 18 Feb 20226 Bell Drive Hamilton International Tech Park Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 0FB
Received 18 Feb 2022Woodview House Boghead Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0HZ
Received 18 Feb 2022Braefield C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 18 Feb 20225 Hairmyres Park East Kilbride G75 8SS
Received 18 Feb 202232 Station Road Larkhall ML9 2DB
Received 18 Feb 20229 Albany Drive Lanark ML11 9AG
Received 21 Feb 202219 Fergus Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DF
Received 21 Feb 20221 Woodhead Gardens Bothwell G71 8AS
Received 21 Feb 202248 Lapwing Drive Cambuslang G72 6AT
Received 21 Feb 2022Tigh Na Chaorunn 21 Abington Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JX
Received 21 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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