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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.
15,283 approved · 562 refused · 959 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 15 Jun 20223 Simpson Drive East Kilbride G75 0AZ
Received 16 Jun 2022Land For Hawkwood Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven
Received 9 Jun 2022Land 280M Southeast Of Righead Cottage Bog Road Devonburn Lanark
Received 16 Jun 20224 Gloucester Avenue Rutherglen G73 5AT
Received 17 Jun 2022107A North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 17 Jun 202259 Clincarthill Road Rutherglen G73 2LE
Received 17 Jun 2022EK Hotel For Dogs Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 17 Jun 202258 Merrylees Road Blantyre G72 9AT
Received 20 Jun 20229 Back O'barns Hamilton ML3 6BG
Received 20 Jun 20221 Muirside Road Strathaven ML10 6BT
Received 20 Jun 2022Tesco Stores Gallowhill Road Lanark ML11 7AG
Received 20 Jun 202223 Carlowrie Avenue Blantyre G72 9HZ
Received 20 Jun 2022103 - 104 Crosswood Terrace Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XE
Received 20 Jun 2022Rutherglen Baptist Church Greenhill Road Rutherglen G73 2SS
Received 20 Jun 20227 High Pleasance Larkhall ML9 2HJ
Received 20 Jun 2022South Roundhill Roundhill Farm Darvel Road Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 20 Jun 2022Macklin Motors Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 21 Jun 2022Land 240M West Of Quothquan Law Farm Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Jun 202211 Castledyke Drive Carstairs Lanark ML11 8TQ
Received 21 Jun 202237 Westercrofts Biggar ML12 6DX
Received 21 Jun 2022Land 35M North Of Trunlehill Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 2022Netherton Farm Cottage Netherton Road Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 9TD
Received 22 Jun 2022Low Waters Miners Welfare And Social Club 4 Alness Street Hamilton ML3 6RU
Received 22 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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