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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.
14,577 approved · 556 refused · 906 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 St Kentigerns Road Lanark ML11 7AS
Received 17 Mar 20227 Grieve Croft Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 17 Mar 20229 Covenanters Way Biggar ML12 6ZD
Received 17 Mar 202211 Swinburne Avenue Blantyre G72 9SG
Received 17 Mar 202236 Sherifflats Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PA
Received 18 Mar 20221 Belstane Mews Carluke ML8 4EU
Received 18 Mar 2022Unit 2 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Mar 2022Land At Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 18 Mar 20221 Dick Court Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3NS
Received 18 Mar 2022Unit 2 Rutherglen Retail Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire G73 1AE
Received 18 Mar 202224 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 18 Mar 2022Orchard Farm Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PX
Received 18 Mar 2022Crooklands Farm Haywood Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8ES
Received 18 Mar 2022Land 120M North Of Newlandscroft Jackton Road Jackton
Received 18 Mar 202218 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JZ
Received 18 Mar 2022197 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DT
Received 18 Mar 2022Waterfoot House Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AD
Received 21 Mar 2022Philipshill Chapel East Kilbride Road East Kilbride
Received 21 Mar 20226 Mashock Path Crossford Carluke ML8 5NS
Received 21 Mar 202267 Lady Nancy Crescent Blantyre G72 9BD
Received 21 Mar 202294 Mcneil Street Larkhall ML9 1BN
Received 21 Mar 202227 Abbotsford Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EQ
Received 21 Mar 202232 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EH
Received 21 Mar 2022Kingsdyke Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AA
Received 21 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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