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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.
14,974 approved · 560 refused · 937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bingo Hall King Street Larkhall ML9 1DP
Received 4 May 2022Aldi School Avenue Cambuslang G72 8PJ
Received 28 Apr 2022140 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QS
Received 28 Apr 202248 Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 4 May 2022C V D Fire Protection Lawmuir Road Law Carluke ML8 5JB
Received 4 May 20228 Galbraith Crescent Law Carluke ML8 5JN
Received 4 May 2022Braeside Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NT
Received 29 Apr 2022New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue Hamilton ML3 0FT
Received 5 May 2022Eastgate Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PL
Received 6 May 2022106 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DE
Received 6 May 2022Land Adjacent To Pumping Station Laighlands Road Bothwell
Received 6 May 202216 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PJ
Received 6 May 2022159 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DX
Received 6 May 20223 Peel Park Place College Milton Industrial Estate G74 5LW
Received 6 May 2022Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BB
Received 9 May 202210 M From 6 Hopetoun Place Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YD
Received 3 May 20226 Grampian Drive East Kilbride G75 9GL
Received 9 May 2022Land 1.5km West Of 46 Woolfords Cottages C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder
Received 9 May 2022Newhouse Farm Westburn Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 7UN
Received 9 May 202215 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 9 May 2022103 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2BE
Received 9 May 20225 Cooper Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FU
Received 9 May 2022Land 48M Southwest Of Ballinluig Peel Road Thorntonhall Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 9 May 202223 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 9 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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