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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.
15,119 approved · 560 refused · 944 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clyde Veterinary Group Acorn Road Lanark ML11 9SZ
Received 24 May 2022Highfield 34 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 24 May 202219 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang G72 7RN
Received 24 May 20221 Pretoria Court Coalburn ML11 0DY
Received 25 May 202260A Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 25 May 20225 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 25 May 2022Land 115M Northwest Of 52 Rickard Avenue Rickard Avenue Strathaven
Received 13 Apr 2022The Firs 10 Holm Avenue Uddingston G71 7AL
Received 25 May 202255 Hillview Drive Blantyre G72 9EE
Received 26 May 202272 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 26 May 202222 Windermere Gardens Hamilton ML3 7HL
Received 26 May 2022Newtonside Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 26 May 202222 Cemetery Road Blantyre G72 0HA
Received 26 May 2022Playing Fields Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 27 May 2022Kingdom Park Holiday Homes And Residential Lanark Road Ravenstruther ML11 8NP ML11 8NP
Received 27 May 2022Land 135M Northwest Of 1 Foxglove Grove Harvester Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 27 May 202240 Lammermoor East Kilbride G74 3SE
Received 30 May 2022Telecommunications Mast Hamilton Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 May 2022Land At Rowhead Farm Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6DU
Received 30 May 20225 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 30 May 20226 St Stephens Crescent Rutherglen G73 5NA
Received 30 May 202213 Lowther Crescent Stonehouse ML9 3JT
Received 30 May 202242 Stratford East Kilbride G74 3QQ
Received 30 May 202224 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 30 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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