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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.
15,369 approved · 564 refused · 969 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Weaver Place East Kilbride G75 8SH
Received 28 Jun 202259 Newfield Crescent Hamilton ML3 9DT
Received 28 Jun 2022Cornhills Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RX
Received 22 Jun 202218 Whittaker Avenue East Kilbride G75 9QA
Received 28 Jun 202220 Newton Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UJ
Received 29 Jun 2022Toftcombs Farm A702 From Biggar To A721 At Melbourne Crossroads Biggar ML12 6QX
Received 29 Jun 2022Site Adjacent To Townfoot Cottage Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 29 Jun 2022Douglas West Wind Farm Middlemuir Road Coalburn
Received 29 Jun 20225 Hawse End East Kilbride G75 7AL
Received 29 Jun 2022Belhaven Hill Road Netherburn ML9 3DR
Received 29 Jun 202298 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 29 Jun 2022Shotlinn Farm A723 From Strathaven To Hamilton Strathaven ML10 6TY
Received 29 Jun 2022Ardochrig Forest East Kilbride
Received 23 May 2022Plot 2 - Land 110M NNE Of Hurlawcrook Farm Kelvin Park South East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jun 202241 Covenant Crescent Larkhall ML9 2EY
Received 26 Jun 202217 Waterlands Gardens Carluke ML8 4EX
Received 30 Jun 20221 Glebe Court Lanark ML11 7JY
Received 27 Jun 2022Glenavon Farm Millheugh Road Stonehouse ML9 1QY
Received 30 Jun 2022Sainsburys 85 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 30 Jun 202232 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark ML11 9HT
Received 30 Jun 202211 Runciman Place East Kilbride G74 3LH
Received 1 Jul 202285 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TP
Received 1 Jul 2022Land Next To Millhill Tarbrax Lanark ML11 8LW
Received 29 Jun 2022Land To The South Of Middlemuir Road Coalburn ML11 0NN
Received 1 Jul 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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