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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.
15,330 approved · 564 refused · 967 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Auld Tower 145 - 149 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 22 Jun 2022The Auld Tower 145 - 149 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 22 Jun 2022The Auld Tower 145 - 149 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 22 Jun 2022Hallhill Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TS
Received 22 Jun 202230 Saltire Crescent Larkhall ML9 2LG
Received 22 Jun 202237 Tannahill Drive East Kilbride G74 3HR
Received 22 Jun 20221 Glebe Court Lanark ML11 7JY
Received 17 Jun 2022Land At Thornton Farm Redwood Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 Jun 20221 Southcroft Way Biggar ML12 6ET
Received 22 Jun 2022The Croft Winton Park East Kilbride G75 8QW
Received 23 Jun 202241 Rosebank Avenue Blantyre G72 9BB
Received 23 Jun 202278 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3DQ
Received 23 Jun 2022Land 220M WSW Of Chapelfield House Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 24 Jun 2022East Nemphlar Farm Welldale Lane Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JF
Received 24 Jun 202214 High Pleasance Larkhall ML9 2HJ
Received 24 Jun 202290 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XL
Received 24 Jun 202215 Annan Avenue Blantyre G72 0WL
Received 27 Jun 2022Culter House A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar ML12 6PZ
Received 27 Jun 20223 Peel Park Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 21 Jun 2022Littlegill Farm Coldchapel Road From Station Road Abington To A702 At Bridgend Abington Biggar ML12 6RW
Received 22 Jun 20222 Netherfield Mains C122 Strathaven To Glassford Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TB
Received 27 Jun 20228 Mcniven Court Stonehouse ML9 3DY
Received 27 Jun 202228 Woodside Walk Hamilton ML3 7HY
Received 27 Jun 20221 Spey Wynd Larkhall ML9 1NQ
Received 28 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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