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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.
15,239 approved · 561 refused · 957 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
50 Letterickhills Crescent Cambuslang G72 8XL
Received 9 Jun 2022Flat 1 Castle Court 21 Blantyre Road Bothwell G71 8PD
Received 9 Jun 202234 Hawbank Road College Milton Industrial Estate Glasgow G74 5EX
Received 9 Jun 2022Cumberhead Wind Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 9 Jun 2022Carrigans Eating House Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 10 Jun 2022Land 1km West Of Littlegalla Farm Wiston Biggar
Received 10 Jun 202226 Iona Ridge Hamilton ML3 8PY
Received 10 Jun 20224 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 10 Jun 202255 Lapwing Drive Cambuslang G72 6AT
Received 10 Jun 2022183 Mallard Crescent East Kilbride G75 8UJ
Received 13 Jun 20222 Clyde Place Cambuslang G72 7QT
Received 13 Jun 2022103 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6EF
Received 13 Jun 202246 Abbotsford Road Hamilton ML3 0PN
Received 13 Jun 20221 Baroness Drive Thorntonhall G74 5BN
Received 13 Jun 20222 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 13 Jun 20222 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 13 Jun 2022The Pleasance Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9TG
Received 13 Jun 2022Harvest Hill Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 13 Jun 202221 Haven Park East Kilbride G75 8PQ
Received 13 Jun 2022East Nethershields Farm A723 From Strathaven To Hamilton Strathaven ML10 6TY
Received 14 Jun 20225 Burnbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5DS
Received 14 Jun 2022The Bungalow Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7XR
Received 14 Jun 20220-2, 18 Haddow Street Hamilton ML3 7HX
Received 14 Jun 202210 Moray Gate Bothwell G71 8BY
Received 14 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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