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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.
15,558 approved · 570 refused · 985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rockvilla C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Hawksland Lanark ML11 9PZ
Received 2 Aug 202260 Cunninghame Road Farm Castle Industrial Estate Rutherglen G73 1PP
Received 2 Aug 202214 Manse Avenue Bothwell G71 8PQ
Received 2 Aug 2022Site Located At Langlea Road, Whitlawburn, Cambuslang G72 8HG
Received 2 Aug 2022Clyde Extension Wind Farm Campswater Road Crawford Biggar
Received 29 Jul 2022Turlood Stockbriggs Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow ML11 0HN
Received 3 Aug 2022Land 36M Southwest Of Rutherglen Bowling Club Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 3 Aug 202217 Vicars Road Stonehouse ML9 3EB
Received 3 Aug 20222 Baroness Drive Thorntonhall G74 5BN
Received 3 Aug 2022North Quarter Farm Sunnyside Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XQ
Received 1 Aug 2022Millbank 83 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HU
Received 3 Aug 2022EKCGA - Taylor Wimpey Development Newhouse Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Aug 20226 Nethanfoot Brig Road Crossford ML8 5SF
Received 3 Aug 202283 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 3 Aug 2022205 High Street Biggar ML12 6DJ
Received 4 Aug 2022Land At Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AA
Received 4 Aug 2022Land 65M WNW Of Easter House Jackton Road Jackton Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Aug 2022Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse ML9 3NT
Received 5 Aug 202263 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QQ
Received 5 Aug 202216 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SH
Received 5 Aug 202226 Campbell Street Hamilton ML3 6AS
Received 5 Aug 2022Chatelherault House Chatelherault Country Park Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UE
Received 8 Aug 202222 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6AD
Received 8 Aug 20224 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BS
Received 8 Aug 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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