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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.
15,473 approved · 569 refused · 975 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Marks Primary School Sherry Drive Hamilton ML3 8XF
Received 14 Jul 20222A Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NE
Received 14 Jul 202217 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 15 Jul 202221 Covanburn Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PX
Received 15 Jul 202211 Bouverie Street Rutherglen G73 2RX
Received 15 Jul 20226 Somerset Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BS
Received 15 Jul 2022Sewage Treatment Works Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0EF
Received 15 Jul 20229 Dalwhinnie Avenue Blantyre G72 9NQ
Received 18 Jul 20225 Macneish Gardens East Kilbride G74 4XP
Received 18 Jul 2022Land 435M Northwest Of Mount Farm Mount Farm C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Jul 202215 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 19 Jul 2022Priestgill Wind Farm Coldchapel Road From Station Road Abington To A702 At Bridgend Abington Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 19 Jul 2022Te Koru 1 Greenbank Crescent Glassford Strathaven ML10 6UA
Received 19 Jul 20224 Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 19 Jul 202253 Mull East Kilbride G74 2DU
Received 20 Jul 20223 Boswell Park East Kilbride G74 3HG
Received 20 Jul 202266A Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 20 Jul 202210 - 12 Tabernacle Lane Cambuslang G72 8HP
Received 21 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Stoneymeadow Cottage Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride
Received 21 Jul 20224 Carmuir Forth Lanark ML11 8AR
Received 21 Jul 202224 Pinewood Walk Strathaven ML10 6UL
Received 21 Jul 202219 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 21 Jul 202248 Burnside View East Kilbride G75 9FZ
Received 21 Jul 202227 Honeydew Drive Cambuslang G72 6PA
Received 21 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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