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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14,404 approved · 553 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land 148M NNW Of Dunrobin Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 21 Feb 2022Guildhouse Farm B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth Lanark ML11 8EU
Received 21 Feb 2022Woodlands Farm Stonehill Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PH
Received 16 Feb 20221 Summerhill Avenue Larkhall ML9 2HB
Received 21 Feb 20225 Patna Court Hamilton ML3 9NJ
Received 21 Feb 20227 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AR
Received 21 Feb 2022Plot 7 Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 22 Feb 202210 Woodlands Avenue Bothwell G71 8PU
Received 23 Feb 202215 Potters Way Rutherglen G73 1DX
Received 23 Feb 2022Land 56M East Of 64 Biggar Road Biggar Road Symington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 24 Feb 2022North Crookedstone Cottage Limekilnburn Road Limekilnburn Hamilton ML3 7XG
Received 24 Feb 2022Land 110M Northwest Of Littlepark Cottage Jackton Road East Kilbride
Received 24 Feb 2022Slipperfield Loch A702 From Melbourne Crossroads A721 To Dolphinton Dolphinton West Linton South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Jan 2022Tesco 241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 24 Feb 2022Tesco 241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 24 Feb 2022Woodside Cottage Tarbrax Road Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XA
Received 24 Feb 20223 Crossridge Country Cottages C26 From A70 At Sandilands To A73 At Warrenhill Carmichael Biggar ML12 6NG
Received 24 Feb 2022High Cleughearn Fishery Meadowhead Highway East Kilbride
Received 24 Feb 20226 Thorntree Way Bothwell G71 8QN
Received 25 Feb 2022Land 50M North Of The Old Farmhouse East Mains Farm Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Feb 20224 Lambhill Steadings Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6XF
Received 25 Feb 202223 Sandyvale Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3RJ
Received 25 Feb 2022Shields Farm Stonehill Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PH
Received 28 Feb 202211 Kirklands Crescent Bothwell G71 8HJ
Received 28 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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