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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.
14,649 approved · 556 refused · 913 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Damn Delicious Thankerton Camp Farm A73 From Symington A72 To Hyndford Bridge Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PD
Received 24 Mar 202237 Ontario Park East Kilbride G75 8LX
Received 24 Mar 2022Land 95M SSW Of April Rise Yieldshields Road Carluke
Received 24 Mar 20226-10 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 24 Mar 2022Land 45M South Of 160 Manse Road Manse Road Forth Lanark
Received 24 Mar 202216 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen G73 3PE
Received 24 Mar 202231 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 24 Mar 20223-11 Chapel Street Carluke ML8 4AP
Received 24 Mar 202229 New Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LT
Received 25 Mar 2022Laigh Shawton Farm Shawtonhill Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SH
Received 25 Mar 2022Former University Of The West Of Scotland Almada Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Mar 2022Hamilton Golf Club Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UE
Received 25 Mar 20221 Fernhill Grange Bothwell G71 8SH
Received 25 Mar 2022Land 125M Northwest Of East Kilbride 275kV Grid Substation Highflatt Road Clarkston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Mar 202218 Teviot Place Cambuslang G72 7YD
Received 28 Mar 2022Kingsdyke Peel Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AA
Received 28 Mar 20225 Lendalfoot Gardens Hamilton ML3 9DW
Received 28 Mar 2022Land At Westsidewood Road Carnwath Lanark
Received 28 Mar 202210 Broughton East Kilbride G75 0JU
Received 28 Mar 2022Tesco 241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 28 Mar 202212 East Scott Terrace Hamilton ML3 6SF
Received 28 Mar 202244 Ansdell Avenue Blantyre G72 9YF
Received 28 Mar 2022Schoolhouse School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 28 Mar 202212 Birchfield Place Strathaven ML10 6HS
Received 29 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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