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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.
15,782 approved · 574 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Montrose Crescent Hamilton ML3 6LF
Received 5 Sept 2022Land 82M ENE Of Walston Mansions Farm Ogscastle Road Walston Lanark
Received 5 Sept 2022Gilkerscleugh Mains Farm Craighead Road Abington Biggar ML12 6SQ
Received 5 Sept 202222 Alder Avenue Hamilton ML3 7LN
Received 5 Sept 2022Wellburn Farm Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0HY
Received 5 Sept 2022Gladsmuir Hills (outwith SLC)
Received 26 Aug 202215 Branks Avenue Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RL
Received 5 Sept 202240 Macdairmid Drive Hamilton ML3 8AZ
Received 6 Sept 2022114 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PW
Received 6 Sept 20224 Singer Road Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow G75 0XS
Received 6 Sept 202224 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen G73 3PE
Received 6 Sept 202211 Hills Road Strathaven ML10 6LQ
Received 7 Sept 2022NE Plot Land 45M East Of 91 Manse Road Manse Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Sept 202251 Cityford Crescent Rutherglen G73 2QR
Received 5 Sept 202213 Kyle Square Rutherglen G73 4QG
Received 7 Sept 2022Land 30M South Of 68 Main Street Main Street Carnwath Lanark
Received 8 Sept 2022Land 310M Wnw Of Campwood Camp Wood Edinburgh Road Cleghorn Lanark
Received 6 Sept 2022Plot 3 Land 90M Northeast Of BOC Priestley Way Cambuslang
Received 8 Sept 2022Site Of Former Kames Golf And Country Club A721 From Carluke To Carstairs Cleghorn Lanark
Received 8 Sept 2022Cloburn Railhead Ayr Road Ravenstruther
Received 8 Sept 202235B Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JZ
Received 9 Sept 2022Whitedale 50 Hall Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JE
Received 9 Sept 2022Land 540M ESE Of Easter House Newhouse Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 9 Sept 2022Land 41M North Of Haywood House Haywood Road Forth Lanark
Received 9 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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