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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.
15,499 approved · 569 refused · 979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Quarter Farm Sunnyside Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XQ
Received 21 Jul 202233 Loch Goil East Kilbride G74 2EJ
Received 21 Jul 20221 Ministers Park East Kilbride G74 5BX
Received 22 Jul 2022Cornhills Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RX
Received 18 Jul 20222 Queensway Motor Park Millbrook East Kilbride G74 5NL
Received 22 Jul 202283 Miller Street Carluke ML8 4DN
Received 22 Jul 202246 - 50 Kirkton Park East Kilbride G74 4HX
Received 22 Jul 202260 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 22 Jul 202270 West Wellhall Wynd Hamilton ML3 9GA
Received 22 Jul 2022Unit 3-4 Queensway Retail Park Linwood Avenue College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NY
Received 22 Jul 2022Aldi 30 Harriet Street Rutherglen G73 2EZ
Received 22 Jul 2022Aldi School Avenue Cambuslang G72 8PJ
Received 22 Jul 202274 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 22 Jul 20222A Avon Drive East Kilbride G74 4FL
Received 22 Jul 202225 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 22 Jul 202222 Fairfield Place Bothwell G71 8RP
Received 22 Jul 20226A Milton Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BQ
Received 25 Jul 20226 Southend Grove Strathaven ML10 6QS
Received 25 Jul 2022Sewage Treatment Works Clyde Avenue Bothwell Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 8DT
Received 25 Jul 202210 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JJ
Received 25 Jul 202220 Nutberry Crescent Hamilton ML3 8FL
Received 25 Jul 2022Cornhill South Lodge A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Coulter Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6PP
Received 26 Jul 2022Macklin Motors Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 26 Jul 20221 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang G72 7UR
Received 26 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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