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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.
14,710 approved · 556 refused · 921 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 50M Southeast Of The Latches Blackwood Estate Blackwood Lesmahagow South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 202211 Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 31 Mar 20221 Baird Way Biggar ML12 6ZB
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 45M Northeast Of Kingsdale Howes Way Carstairs Junction Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 202241 New Street Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 31 Mar 2022110 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UD
Received 31 Mar 202216 Craigwell Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SX
Received 31 Mar 202210 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston G71 7BH
Received 31 Mar 202233 Bogside Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AW
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 8M North Of 5 Castlegate Castlegate Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 8M North Of 5 Castlegate Castlegate Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 20226 Thorn Park Blantyre G72 0WP
Received 31 Mar 2022Bellway Phase 2 - EK CGA Newhouse Road East Kilbride South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 175M Nnw Of 515 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 202272 Whistleberry Wynd Hamilton ML3 0SE
Received 31 Mar 202224 Hallside Drive Cambuslang G72 7DU
Received 31 Mar 202229 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 31 Mar 202238 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NB
Received 31 Mar 202220 Lockhart Avenue Lanark ML11 9ZQ
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 75M West Of The Manse Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 202224 Main Street Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RZ
Received 31 Mar 2022Land At Gunsgreen Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NN
Received 28 Feb 202235 Murdoch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8WP
Received 1 Apr 2022Land 50M Northwest Of 4 Gibb Court Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Apr 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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