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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.
15,688 approved · 573 refused · 1,003 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 17 Aug 2022Estate Office Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JY
Received 18 Aug 202213 Wellbrae Road Hamilton ML3 8HF
Received 18 Aug 202222 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 18 Aug 20221 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 19 Aug 20227 Rannoch Wynd Rutherglen G73 5QA
Received 19 Aug 2022Land 48M Wnw Of Cultyre Hartree Entries Road Biggar South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire ML12 6JS
Received 19 Aug 2022Thorniehill 301 Strathaven Road Limekilnburn Hamilton ML3 7XW
Received 19 Aug 2022127 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 19 Aug 202211 Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 22 Aug 2022Chapelfield House Strathaven Road Hamilton ML3 7UX
Received 22 Aug 202263 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 22 Aug 202261 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 22 Aug 202243 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 22 Aug 2022East Nerston Farm Crookedshields Road East Kilbride G74 4PE
Received 23 Aug 202230 Columbia Way East Kilbride G75 8JW
Received 23 Aug 20224 Lyell Place East Kilbride G74 4RF
Received 23 Aug 202213 Glen Lee East Kilbride G74 3UU
Received 23 Aug 202264 High Street Carluke ML8 4AJ
Received 23 Aug 2022336A Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RW
Received 23 Aug 2022Jackton Distillery Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 23 Aug 2022Hayton 17 Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LE
Received 24 Aug 202291 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 24 Aug 20225 Berryhill Lane Strathaven ML10 6XE
Received 24 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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