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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.
14,805 approved · 557 refused · 928 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 New Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LT
Received 5 Apr 2022148 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PN
Received 31 Mar 202225 High Patrick Street Hamilton ML3 7JB
Received 5 Apr 202217 Heddles Place Strathaven ML10 6XP
Received 5 Apr 2022Hazliebank Farm High Kype Road Strathaven ML10 6PR
Received 31 Mar 2022Land 40M ENE Of Leafield Ampherlaw Farm Westsidewood Road Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Apr 2022Land 155M East Of 1 Singer Road Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Mar 20222 Graham Avenue East Kilbride G74 4JZ
Received 6 Apr 202282 Craignethan Crescent Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3BY
Received 6 Apr 20226 Albion Way Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YN
Received 6 Apr 2022Cumberhead Wind Farm Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 1 Apr 202214 Knowehead Gardens Uddingston G71 7PY
Received 7 Apr 202213 Penfold Crescent East Kilbride G75 8AJ
Received 7 Apr 202219 Stonedyke Crescent Carluke ML8 4EY
Received 7 Apr 202228-1 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AE
Received 8 Apr 2022Lightburn Road Play Area - Former Lightburn Road Cambuslang
Received 8 Apr 2022Plot 18 2 Haynes View Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7TB
Received 8 Apr 2022Hopeside Blackwood Estate Access For Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 8 Apr 202231 Millburn Way East Kilbride G75 8EB
Received 8 Apr 202222 Gordon Terrace Blantyre G72 9NA
Received 11 Apr 2022Bankwood Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 11 Apr 20226 Knights Gate Bothwell G71 8SS
Received 11 Apr 2022Richland A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RL
Received 11 Apr 202215 Strathaven Road Lesmahagow ML11 0DN
Received 11 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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