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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.
15,753 approved · 574 refused · 1,006 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Broken Cross Open Cast Mine Tower Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 30 Aug 2022104 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TX
Received 30 Aug 2022146 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AF
Received 30 Aug 2022Telecommunications Mast Southwest Paint Supplies Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 30 Aug 2022Land 96M Southeast Of 48 Kilncadzow Road Kilncadzow Road Carluke
Received 31 Aug 2022Clyde Cottage Sydes Brae Blantyre G72 0TP
Received 31 Aug 2022Land 50M Northeast Off Dalton School Lodge Flemington Road Cambuslang
Received 31 Aug 2022Netherhouse Netherhouse Road Lesmahagow ML11 0HJ
Received 31 Aug 202214 New Way Rutherglen G73 1DH
Received 31 Aug 20229 Crosskirk Crescent Strathaven ML10 6FG
Received 1 Sept 2022Precon Bricks 75 Westburn Road Cambuslang G72 7UD
Received 1 Sept 2022Broadlees Golf Driving Range Anderson Drive Chapelton ML10 6GH
Received 1 Sept 2022Land 19M West Of 45 North Back Road North Back Road Biggar
Received 1 Sept 2022Stonefield Elsrickle Village Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 1 Sept 2022Stoneyhill Farm Strathaven ML10 6RG
Received 2 Sept 2022Ponfeigh Bungalow Sandilands From Ponfeigh Road To A70 Prettsmill Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 2 Sept 2022Land 68M Southwest Of 1B Young Place Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 20226 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HG
Received 2 Sept 2022Southland Peel Road Thorntonhall East Kilbride G74 5AA
Received 2 Sept 20222 Draffan Gardens Netherburn Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3FA
Received 2 Sept 20221 Orchard Gardens Strathaven ML10 6UN
Received 2 Sept 2022Land 15M Northeast Of 47 Bellfield Road Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 2 Sept 202230 Marshall Street Larkhall ML9 2HD
Received 2 Sept 20221 Heathfield Drive Blackwood ML11 9SR
Received 2 Sept 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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