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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.
14,466 approved · 555 refused · 898 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Andrews Parish Church Avon Street Hamilton ML3 7HU
Received 7 Mar 202217 Cloverhill Terrace East Kilbride G74 1BL
Received 7 Mar 20221 Strathconon Gardens East Kilbride G75 8FN
Received 7 Mar 20223 Lairds Gate Uddingston G71 7HR
Received 8 Mar 20223 Mornington Grove Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GQ
Received 8 Mar 2022Land At Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 8 Mar 20224 Spynie Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FN
Received 8 Mar 20229 George Allan Place Strathaven ML10 6EH
Received 9 Mar 202269 The Crescent Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0DP
Received 9 Mar 2022Orchard Farm Waygateshaw Road Carluke
Received 9 Mar 2022Redsyke Farm Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6HA
Received 9 Mar 202215A Seath Road Rutherglen G73 1RW
Received 9 Mar 2022235 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 9 Mar 2022Larkhall Community Growth Area Summerlee Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Mar 2022Logie Green 2 Glenview Larkhall ML9 1DA
Received 9 Mar 202221/31 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 9 Mar 2022Newlands Farm Newlands Road East Kilbride G75 8RS
Received 9 Mar 20227 Thistle Place East Kilbride G74 4RH
Received 9 Mar 202222A North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 9 Mar 2022Rowan Stables A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Abington Biggar ML12 6RP
Received 9 Mar 2022Castlefield Primary School 25 Lickprivick Road East Kilbride G75 9DH
Received 9 Mar 202218 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 10 Mar 2022Land At Spittal Farm Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 10 Mar 20223 Carlin Lane Carluke ML8 4NF
Received 10 Mar 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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