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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.
15,652 approved · 573 refused · 1,001 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Mar 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Weirs Gate Strathaven ML10 6LD
Received 12 Aug 202283 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 12 Aug 2022205 High Street Biggar ML12 6DJ
Received 15 Aug 202223 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AU
Received 15 Aug 20227 Canonbie Lane East Kilbride G74 4GE
Received 15 Aug 202225 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 15 Aug 20225 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston G71 7HG
Received 15 Aug 202235 Baronald Street Rutherglen G73 1AF
Received 15 Aug 2022Abington Hotel 78 Carlisle Road Abington Biggar ML12 6SD
Received 15 Aug 2022Netherburn Service Reservoir Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Aug 202214 The Glebe Lanark ML11 7QB
Received 15 Aug 202261 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 15 Aug 2022Clydesbank St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 16 Aug 2022Plot 3 Land 95M SSW Of April Rise Yieldshields Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Aug 2022Edmonston Lodge Candybank Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QY
Received 16 Aug 2022Plot 3 Land 50M SSW Of 1 Milton Cottage Milton Road Carluke
Received 17 Aug 2022Land 25M Northwest Of Station Gate Station Gate Netherburn Larkhall
Received 17 Aug 2022Unit 1 Palace Tower Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 17 Aug 2022Land 24M SSW Of Telephone Exchange Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar
Received 17 Aug 20226 Perryflatts Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PB
Received 17 Aug 2022Land Adjacent To Highstonehall Road And Stewart Avenue Hamilton
Received 17 Aug 2022Meiklemarr Strand Maidencoates From B7078 To A702 Duneatonfoot Abington Biggar ML12 6RU
Received 17 Aug 2022Kingdom Park Homes Holiday And Residential Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 17 Aug 20229 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen G73 3QP
Received 17 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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