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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.
16,586 approved · 585 refused · 1,074 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 9 Dec 2022Laigh Unthank Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QB
Received 9 Dec 2022Land 155M North Of 1A Clyde Gateway Trade Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 9 Dec 202269 Brownlee Road Law ML8 5JD
Received 9 Dec 20223 Mendip Lane East Kilbride G75 9GY
Received 9 Dec 2022326 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9LQ
Received 12 Dec 20229 Croftbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7JD
Received 12 Dec 20224 Croftbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7JD
Received 12 Dec 2022Hole Of Dripps Farm Holehouse Highway Thorntonhall G74 5AP
Received 12 Dec 20224 Downfield Gardens Bothwell G71 8UW
Received 12 Dec 2022Woodlea Meadowflats Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NF
Received 12 Dec 2022Cairn Lodge Service Station Access From B7078 To Cairnlodge Services Douglas Lanark ML11 0RJ
Received 12 Dec 2022111 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HG
Received 12 Dec 2022Galalea Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 12 Dec 202211 Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7RX
Received 13 Dec 2022Land 32M West Of 28 Merlin Wynd Mavor Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Dec 20227 Honeysuckle Drive Cambuslang G72 6PE
Received 13 Dec 2022Auchinraith Nursery Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EG
Received 13 Dec 2022Wee Row Rosedale Street Lanark ML11 9DJ
Received 14 Dec 2022Wee Row Rosedale Street Lanark ML11 9DJ
Received 14 Dec 2022David Dales House Rosedale Street New Lanark Lanark ML11 9DJ
Received 14 Dec 2022Land 65M WNW Of Easter House Jackton Road Jackton
Received 21 Nov 2022Calla Farm Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 13 Dec 2022St Athanasius RC Church Mount Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5EB
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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