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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.
15,164 approved · 560 refused · 947 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yard C Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow G75 0RS
Received 30 May 2022Land 1.2km Southeast Of High Dykes Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 31 May 202210 Avon Crescent Glassford ML10 6TP
Received 31 May 20223 Glen Devon East Kilbride G74 2JP
Received 31 May 202228 Ambleside East Kilbride G75 8TX
Received 31 May 2022Lowther Church Main Street Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6XR
Received 31 May 202216 Elie Road Blantyre G72 0GX
Received 31 May 2022Rosebank Garden Centre Lanark Road Carluke ML8 5QA
Received 31 May 202225 Dalziel Street Hamilton ML3 9AU
Received 31 May 202227 Arrol Wynd Cambuslang G72 7UX
Received 31 May 2022Former Stable Buildings Birkwood House New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 31 May 202231 Milton Crescent Carluke ML8 5AN
Received 1 Jun 202216 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 1 Jun 2022Crossridge Holding Newside Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6NG
Received 1 Jun 2022Cuningar Woodland Park Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot 11 Avonside Meadows Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot 12 Avonside Meadows Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot 9 Avonside Meadows Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot 10 Avonside Meadows Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jun 202221 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 1 Jun 202278 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NE
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot 6B Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 1 Jun 202242 Lochlea East Kilbride G74 3RY
Received 2 Jun 202289 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton ML3 8NX
Received 2 Jun 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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