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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.
15,614 approved · 570 refused · 995 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Castle Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6BU
Received 8 Aug 202260 Castle Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6BU
Received 8 Aug 202262 Castle Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6BU
Received 8 Aug 202262 Castle Street Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 6BU
Received 8 Aug 20221 Tennant Avenue College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NA
Received 8 Aug 2022Land 750M Southeast Of Dungavel House IRC Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 8 Aug 202231 Reid Street Hamilton ML3 0RG
Received 8 Aug 2022Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 8 Aug 202211 Castledyke View Carstairs Lanark ML11 8ST
Received 8 Aug 202236 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 8 Aug 2022Woodhall Nursery Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NF
Received 8 Aug 20225 Carnwath Lane Carluke
Received 9 Aug 20223 Peel Park Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 9 Aug 202241 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 9 Aug 2022Fieldway Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 9 Aug 20228 Imperial Place Bothwell G71 8NR
Received 10 Aug 2022Ryeflatt Quarry Carnwath Lanark ML11 8SA
Received 8 Aug 20223 Buttermere East Kilbride G75 8DZ
Received 10 Aug 20225 Langdykeside Lesmahagow ML11 0EY
Received 10 Aug 2022Land 43M SSE Of Haughhead Farm Blantyre Farm Road Uddingston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Aug 20229 Avonside Grove Hamilton ML3 7DL
Received 12 Aug 2022Land At Ayr Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AD
Received 12 Aug 202214 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SF
Received 12 Aug 202214A Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 12 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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