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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.
15,854 approved · 574 refused · 1,017 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Tanzieknowe Drive Cambuslang G72 8RG
Received 14 Sept 202260 Sutherland Way East Kilbride G74 3DL
Received 15 Sept 2022Land 48M South Of Highfield House Fence Terrace Tillietudlem Lanark
Received 15 Sept 2022Tesco Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7ET
Received 15 Sept 2022Devonburn View 12 Devonburn Road Devonburn Lanark ML11 9PX
Received 15 Sept 20225 Cooper Crescent Ferniegair ML3 7FU
Received 15 Sept 2022Advertising Station - Site No 474 The First Glass Pub 414 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 15 Sept 2022Advertising Station - Site No 1048 Hamilton Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Sept 2022Advertising Station 64M NNW Of Rosebank Tower Bridge Street Cambuslang
Received 15 Sept 2022Upper Muirhouse Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 16 Sept 202227 Spey Terrace East Kilbride G75 8XJ
Received 16 Sept 202224 Moss Side Crescent Biggar ML12 6GE
Received 16 Sept 2022Land 50M SSW Of 48 Toftcombs Crescent Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Sept 2022Land 37M SSE Of Bothwell War Memorial Main Street Bothwell
Received 16 Sept 2022Carlindean Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LQ
Received 16 Sept 2022EK South Electricity Sub Station Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 16 Sept 202217 Cardon Drive Biggar ML12 6EZ
Received 16 Sept 2022Peelhill Farm Cottage C133 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6RQ
Received 19 Sept 202261 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 19 Sept 202268 Clover Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AD
Received 19 Sept 202225 Yew Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FE
Received 19 Sept 202229 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 19 Sept 2022395 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen G73 2BT
Received 19 Sept 2022139 Southfield Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9PL
Received 19 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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