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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.
16,532 approved · 585 refused · 1,069 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Caithness Road East Kilbride G74 3NS
Received 5 Dec 202217 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang G72 8EE
Received 5 Dec 2022Garage 62 High Blantyre Road Hamilton ML3 9HA
Received 6 Dec 20225 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 6 Dec 202217 Inch Marnock East Kilbride G74 2JQ
Received 6 Dec 202210 Viscount Gate Bothwell G71 8SR
Received 6 Dec 2022Site North Of Cunninghame Road Farm Castle Industrial Estate
Received 6 Dec 2022Oliver Forest Wind Farm North-west Of The A701 Between Tweedsmuir And Glenbreck (outwith South Lanarkshire Council)
Received 7 Dec 202280 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JA
Received 7 Dec 2022Daer Peatland Kirkhope Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Dec 202262 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BN
Received 6 Dec 2022West High Cross Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 7 Dec 2022Land To The Rear Of 15/17 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell G71 8AR
Received 7 Dec 2022Reynard Nursery Mauldslie Estate Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 8 Dec 202277 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 8 Dec 2022Land 78M WSW Of 270 Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 8 Dec 2022Land 78M North Of The Jock Stein Centre Hillhouse Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Dec 202260 Burns Wynd Stonehouse ML9 3DU
Received 8 Dec 2022Gowanside Farm Kilncadzow Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QN
Received 8 Dec 2022166 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HW
Received 8 Dec 2022231 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QN
Received 9 Dec 2022184 Main Street Blantyre G72 0ER
Received 9 Dec 2022St Peters Church Buchanan Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LL
Received 9 Dec 202264 Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NE
Received 9 Dec 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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