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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.
16,734 approved · 589 refused · 1,089 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LZ
Received 28 Dec 2022Seaforth Courtyard Oldhill Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 2 Jan 2023Darcy's Equine Assisted Learning Centre CIC Bottom Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 3 Jan 202325 Busheyhill Street Cambuslang G72 8HZ
Received 3 Jan 2023Hillcrest Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QD
Received 5 Jan 2023Cloburn Quarry A73 From Symington A72 To Hyndford Bridge Thankerton Biggar ML11 8SR
Received 5 Jan 2023Residential Development Caldergrove Cambuslang G72 8YA
Received 5 Jan 2023Unit 3 Palace Tower Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 5 Jan 2023Avonholm 40 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 6 Jan 202311 Castlehill Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TZ
Received 6 Jan 20232 Cloverhill View East Kilbride G74 1BH
Received 6 Jan 202319 Wellcroft Terrace Hamilton ML3 9SF
Received 6 Jan 2023Land 50M WNW Of 2 Kronborg Way Quarry Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Jan 2023Lanark Grammar School Annexe Albany Drive Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Jan 2023Land East Of Inver Cottage Carmunnock Road Clarkston
Received 9 Jan 2023Land 90M Northeast Of Scottish Equestrian Centre Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 9 Jan 202332 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 9 Jan 20239B Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 10 Jan 2023Bent View Nursery Draffan Road Netherburn ML9 3DE
Received 10 Jan 2023Lanark 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark
Received 10 Jan 2023Land 50M East Of 10 Woodhall Road Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke
Received 10 Jan 202375 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JD
Received 10 Jan 2023The Hayloft Kirkwood Farm Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 10 Jan 202321 Cochrane Street Strathaven ML10 6ND
Received 11 Jan 2023Records 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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