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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.
14,433 approved · 554 refused · 893 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Cleughearn Fishery Meadowhead Highway East Kilbride
Received 24 Feb 202230 Maclean Place East Kilbride G74 4TQ
Received 2 Mar 2022The Shieling Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QA
Received 2 Mar 2022243 Glasgow Road Hamilton ML3 0QG
Received 2 Mar 20228 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 2 Mar 20225 South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PH
Received 3 Mar 2022Brampton Hall Jackton Road East Kilbride G75 9FB
Received 3 Mar 2022Land To The South Of Park Farm Hurlawcrook Road Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 3 Mar 2022Flat 1-2 104 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BY
Received 4 Mar 202266 New Plymouth East Kilbride G75 8QB
Received 4 Mar 2022Bothwell Library House Bothwell Library 2 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RG
Received 4 Mar 2022Machan Bar 10 Muir Street Larkhall ML9 2BG
Received 4 Mar 2022Kennoxhead Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark ML11 0SH
Received 4 Mar 2022Coalburn Miners Welfare Sports And Social Club 42 Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LH
Received 4 Mar 2022Land At Littlegill Farm Access From A702 To Wandel Abington Biggar
Received 4 Mar 202235 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 4 Mar 202224 Baronald Street Rutherglen G73 1AF
Received 4 Mar 2022Telecommunications Masts Newton Brae Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Mar 20222 Fraser Street Cambuslang G72 7AY
Received 7 Mar 202278 - 80 Farm Road Hamilton ML3 9LD
Received 7 Mar 202243 Dunblane Drive East Kilbride G74 4EW
Received 7 Mar 202231- 33 Comely Bank Hamilton ML3 9TR
Received 7 Mar 2022Levenseat Waste Management Site (outwith SLC) Breich West Lothian ML11 8TS
Received 11 Feb 2022Gladsmuir Hills (outwith SLC) Approximately 1km South Of Fauldhouse West Lothian
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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