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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.
14,539 approved · 555 refused · 903 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 15 Mar 202212 Cairngryffe Street Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SW
Received 15 Mar 2022Beechwood 3 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 15 Mar 2022Land 92M North Of 1 Bourtree Crescent Bourtree Crescent Law Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Mar 2022Roseholm Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 15 Mar 2022Townhead Farm Ponfeigh Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 15 Mar 2022Unit 5-6, Block 2 First Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0ND
Received 15 Mar 202217 Rickard Avenue Strathaven ML10 6GW
Received 16 Mar 202272 The Tait The Fairways Bothwell G71 8PA
Received 16 Mar 202274 The Tait The Fairways Bothwell G71 8PA
Received 16 Mar 2022Depot A702 From Abington To Boundary At Dalveen Pass Crawford Biggar ML12 6RH
Received 16 Mar 2022Land 24M South Of 5 Lena Gardens Lena Gardens Blackwood Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Mar 202225 Whittaker Avenue East Kilbride G75 9QA
Received 16 Mar 2022123 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6JA
Received 14 Mar 202233 Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NY
Received 16 Mar 2022Land 165M Southwest Of South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Stonehouse Strathaven Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Mar 202223 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 16 Mar 202256 Elm Drive Cambuslang G72 7LR
Received 17 Mar 2022Land 274M Nnw Of Station Cottage B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Mar 20228 Forth Crescent East Kilbride G75 8XG
Received 17 Mar 202211 Bog Road Forth Lanark ML11 8EX
Received 17 Mar 2022Land 84M NNW Of South Lodge New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 17 Mar 20221 Broughton Place Hamilton ML3 9HJ
Received 17 Mar 2022Scottish Fire And Rescue Service West Service Delivery Area Headquarters 99 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0EA
Received 17 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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