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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.
15,728 approved · 574 refused · 1,005 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Audi Approved Hamilton Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 24 Aug 2022St Isidores Church Hailstonegreen Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8DD
Received 24 Aug 2022151 Western Road Cambuslang G72 8PE
Received 24 Aug 2022Land 148M NNW Of Dunrobin Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 24 Aug 2022Land 500M SSE Of Collielaw Farm Fullwood Road Kilncadzow Carluke
Received 24 Aug 2022109 - 111 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 25 Aug 202231 Redpath Drive Cambuslang G72 7UA
Received 25 Aug 202229 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark ML11 9HT
Received 25 Aug 2022Duneaton Quarry B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6SQ
Received 25 Aug 20222 Albert Terrace Hamilton ML3 0PE
Received 25 Aug 202240 Bridge Street Cambuslang G72 7EA
Received 25 Aug 202236 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LJ
Received 26 Aug 202291 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 26 Aug 202270 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 26 Aug 202228 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 26 Aug 2022Land 23M North Of The Beeches The Beeches Boghall Road Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Aug 2022Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven
Received 26 Aug 20228 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell G71 8AR
Received 26 Aug 2022Land 100M Northeast Of 227 Westburn Road Grayline Avenue Cambuslang
Received 26 Aug 202251 Strathallan Wynd East Kilbride G75 8GU
Received 29 Aug 202221 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 29 Aug 20225 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 29 Aug 2022Unit 2 12 Bairds Crescent Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 9FD
Received 29 Aug 20221 Iona Road Rutherglen G73 5LH
Received 29 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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