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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.
14,944 approved · 559 refused · 936 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stablestone Schoolhouse Ayr Road Glespin Lanark ML11 0SF
Received 27 Apr 202243 Comrie Crescent Hamilton ML3 9QF
Received 28 Apr 2022Bothwell Library 2 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RG
Received 28 Apr 2022Bothwell Library 2 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RG
Received 28 Apr 2022Land 700M North Of Birkhill Mill Cairnhouses Road Douglas Lanark
Received 29 Apr 202227 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 29 Apr 202212 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 29 Apr 202274 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 27 Apr 2022Unit 1A Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6AD
Received 27 Apr 2022Land North Of A724 Hamilton Road Bardykes G72 7XJ
Received 27 Apr 202214 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang G72 7LB
Received 29 Apr 20226 Rosebank Gardens Strathaven ML10 6HU
Received 29 Apr 20223 Larch Square Cambuslang G72 7BQ
Received 29 Apr 20229 Moray Gate Bothwell G71 8BY
Received 2 May 2022Plot 3 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 2 May 2022189 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5DJ
Received 2 May 202224 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 2 May 2022The Halt Newbigging Road Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NQ
Received 2 May 20227 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell G71 8SB
Received 3 May 2022Dunavon 3 East Mains Holdings Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 3 May 202253 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang G72 8JX
Received 3 May 2022Nether Howecleugh Forest B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 3 May 202219A Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 3 May 2022Land 525M West Of Harperhall A721 From Carnwath To A702 Melbourne Elsrickle Biggar
Received 3 May 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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