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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.
14,874 approved · 558 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Morar Court Hamilton ML3 8UT
Received 15 Apr 20224 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 18 Apr 202242 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 18 Apr 202228 Dunlin East Kilbride G74 4RX
Received 18 Apr 2022Southfield Manor Southfield Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9PL
Received 19 Apr 2022140A Carlisle Road Crawford Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6TW
Received 19 Apr 20221J Dryburgh Lane East Kilbride G74 1BQ
Received 19 Apr 202210 Lochar Place East Kilbride G75 8BX
Received 19 Apr 202262 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SE
Received 19 Apr 202211 Whiteford Court Hamilton ML3 7UW
Received 19 Apr 202242 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EH
Received 19 Apr 2022Proposed Landscaping Yard Flemington Road Cambuslang G72 8YF
Received 20 Apr 20221 Burley Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5LZ
Received 20 Apr 20225 Bishop Gardens Hamilton ML3 7YF
Received 20 Apr 2022East Birkwood Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall G74 5AD
Received 21 Apr 2022Mercedes Benz Johnstone Road Hamilton ML3 7JP
Received 21 Apr 20221 John Ogilvie Crescent Hamilton ML3 9GD
Received 21 Apr 20223 John Ogilvie Crescent Hamilton ML3 9GD
Received 21 Apr 202245 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 21 Apr 2022Land 30M Northeast Of 1 Springfield Nurseries A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Apr 20221 Darleesrig Gardens Hamilton ML3 8FJ
Received 21 Apr 202229 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell G71 8PX
Received 21 Apr 20222 Abbots Knowe Lesmahagow ML11 0AJ
Received 21 Apr 20221 Methil Court Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FN
Received 22 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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