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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.
14,766 approved · 557 refused · 926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
40 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton ML3 8AY
Received 1 Apr 2022Brooke View Farm Craigthornhill Road Hamilton ML3 7XN
Received 1 Apr 2022West Brownlee House Brownlee Road Law Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 1 Apr 20223A Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 1 Apr 2022South Cathkin Farm Cathkin Road Rutherglen G73 5RG
Received 30 Mar 20225 Cross Road Biggar ML12 6AP
Received 1 Apr 202225 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DG
Received 1 Apr 202232 High Street Biggar ML12 6BN
Received 1 Apr 202250 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 1 Apr 20226C Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 1 Apr 2022Honeybank Cottage 102 Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RA
Received 1 Apr 20226A Central Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AX
Received 1 Apr 20229 Pretoria Court Coalburn Lanark ML11 0DY
Received 1 Apr 20228A St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 1 Apr 20229 Wildcat Drive Cambuslang G72 6AR
Received 4 Apr 202233 Croft Road Cambuslang G72 8LB
Received 4 Apr 20227 Arran Gardens Carluke ML8 4HS
Received 4 Apr 202210 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 4 Apr 2022FOR GAZ USE ONLY - Appin Wind Farm
Received 30 Mar 202233 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride G75 8YR
Received 4 Apr 202247 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7UZ
Received 4 Apr 202235 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7QS
Received 30 Mar 20228 Lansdowne Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DH
Received 5 Apr 202223 Tulliallan Place East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 5 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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