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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.
15,894 approved · 575 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Forest Road Larkhall ML9 2JH
Received 19 Sept 202223 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6PY
Received 19 Sept 202210 Davies Acre East Kilbride G74 5BZ
Received 20 Sept 2022141 Strathaven Road Lesmahagow ML11 0DW
Received 20 Sept 2022Hawthornway 2A Bridgend Symington ML12 6LG
Received 21 Sept 2022Unit 3 Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire G71 6NZ
Received 21 Sept 202211 The Plaza East Kilbride G74 1LW
Received 21 Sept 20229 Princes Gate Bothwell G71 8SP
Received 21 Sept 2022Ard Taigh Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 21 Sept 2022Land 54M WNW Of Heron Rise Access For Kersewell College From A70 To Kersewell Avenue Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Sept 202243 Dukes Road Cambuslang G72 7AJ
Received 22 Sept 202285 Barrow Drive East Kilbride G75 7AD
Received 22 Sept 20223 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 22 Sept 2022Land Between 14 And 16 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 22 Sept 202284 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6EF
Received 23 Sept 2022Broken Cross Open Cast Mine Tower Road Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9PB
Received 23 Sept 20224 Wellknowe Road Thorntonhall G74 5AH
Received 23 Sept 202233 Croft Road Cambuslang G72 8LB
Received 6 Sept 202218 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 23 Sept 2022Leichefurde Equestrian And Kennels Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 26 Sept 20222 Cathkin Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HN
Received 26 Sept 2022Chapel East Kilbride Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Sept 2022Robiesland Farm Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 26 Sept 202213 Stonebyres Holdings Access For Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 26 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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