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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.
15,087 approved · 560 refused · 943 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nether Lethame Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RW
Received 19 May 20223A Bonnington Avenue Lanark ML11 9AL
Received 19 May 2022Camps Viaduct Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 19 May 2022Millholm 4 Millholm Road Strathaven ML10 6DB
Received 20 May 20226 Dark Brig Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5SD
Received 20 May 202227 Laighlands Road Bothwell G71 8AL
Received 20 May 2022Land 90M ESE Of 24 Simpson Drive Strutherhill Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 202225 Woodburn Avenue Blantyre G72 9BA
Received 20 May 2022Dove Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QE
Received 20 May 202233 Millheugh Larkhall ML9 1QU
Received 20 May 20224 Severn Road East Kilbride G75 8QZ
Received 23 May 202262 Maclean Place East Kilbride G74 4TQ
Received 23 May 2022123 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DD
Received 23 May 202260 Capercaillie Crescent Ferniegair ML3 7GG
Received 23 May 2022Land 55M Northwest Of Cladance Cottage Cladance Highway Chapelton Strathaven
Received 23 May 202243 Wardlaw Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PY
Received 23 May 2022Crawknowe Coldpots Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RA
Received 23 May 20221 Loancroft Gate Uddingston G71 7HN
Received 23 May 2022132 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DE
Received 23 May 2022Mcanulty Park Football Pitches And Pavilion (formerly Known As Stonefield Park) Mcanulty Park Glasgow Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 24 May 2022Land 54M Southwest Of Pettinain House C29 From Carstairs Junction To Pettinain Pettinain Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 24 May 20227 Marlage Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall ML9 3DJ
Received 24 May 202219 Hemmingen Court Carluke ML8 5LX
Received 24 May 2022Burnhead Farm Cottage Burnhead Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RX
Received 24 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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