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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.
14,678 approved · 556 refused · 919 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 29 Mar 20223 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen G73 3QP
Received 29 Mar 202221 Woodburn Avenue Blantyre G72 9BA
Received 29 Mar 2022Cornhill House Hotel C24 From Thankerton To A702 Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 29 Mar 20221 John Place Larkhall ML9 1PB
Received 24 Mar 2022Land 22M Northwest Of 26 Garngour Road Garngour Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 2022Carnwath Golf Club 1 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JX
Received 29 Mar 202249 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 29 Mar 2022Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 202220 Rokeby Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EG
Received 30 Mar 202244 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre G72 0JH
Received 30 Mar 20226 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9JS
Received 30 Mar 202220 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 30 Mar 202236 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 30 Mar 2022Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 30 Mar 2022Land 50M Northeast Of Hayhill House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Mar 202262 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 30 Mar 202232 High Street Biggar ML12 6BN
Received 30 Mar 2022Drumboy Lodge Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 65M SSE Of 23A Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Chapelton Strathaven
Received 31 Mar 202210 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AE
Received 31 Mar 2022Briarlea House Lanark Road Larkhall ML9 2UE
Received 31 Mar 2022Unit 2B Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Hamilton Road Strathaven Strathaven ML10 6UB
Received 31 Mar 20229 Ravenswood Road Strathaven ML10 6JB
Received 31 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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