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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.
16,696 approved · 588 refused · 1,084 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 155M Northeast Of Hillcrest Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 20 Dec 202256 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 20 Dec 2022Livery And Training Centre South Muirhead Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 21 Dec 202219 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JN
Received 21 Dec 2022Opposite 66 Main Street Blantyre G72 0XG
Received 21 Dec 2022A723 Dual Carriageway At Junction Between A723 And Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BQ
Received 21 Dec 2022Mill Rig Meteorological Mast Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Dec 2022Units 71 - 77 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 21 Dec 20222 Tay Court East Kilbride G75 8XA
Received 21 Dec 2022Lockhart Mill Farm C4 From Greentowers Road To Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7RB
Received 21 Dec 202234 Melrose Avenue Rutherglen G73 3BS
Received 21 Dec 20229D Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 21 Dec 202250 Kingsknowe Drive Rutherglen G73 2AB
Received 21 Dec 2022Land 82M Northwest Of Whitelaws Coaches Stonehouse By Pass Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 2022Leaburn House Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 22 Dec 2022Nellfield Filling Station 90 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PG
Received 22 Dec 2022Land 70M Northeast Of Dykehead Farm - Ruin Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 22 Dec 2022Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 22 Dec 2022Plot 18 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 202281 Corsehill Crescent Hamilton ML3 8FD
Received 22 Dec 202216 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair ML3 7ZF
Received 22 Dec 2022Kings Park Hotel Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2LX
Received 23 Dec 202224 Clincarthill Road Rutherglen G73 2LQ
Received 23 Dec 2022Land 11M North Of 3 London Street London Street Larkhall
Received 26 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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