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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.
16,066 approved · 577 refused · 1,031 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Nov 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 7 Oct 2022Oak Orchard Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 7 Oct 2022168 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DX
Received 10 Oct 20226 Paxton Crescent East Kilbride G74 4GL
Received 10 Oct 2022Larkhall Circuit Merryton Road Larkhall ML9 2UL
Received 10 Oct 2022Balgray Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 10 Oct 202216 Bracken Grove Law Carluke ML8 5GJ
Received 10 Oct 2022Taradale 1 Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SS
Received 10 Oct 2022East Cathkin Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 10 Oct 202274 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 10 Oct 202211 - 13 Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0RS
Received 10 Oct 20225 Kibblestane Place Strathaven ML10 6EL
Received 10 Oct 2022Yard C Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0RS
Received 10 Oct 20226 Springfield Avenue Uddingston G71 7LY
Received 11 Oct 2022Crutherland Farm Crutherland Highway East Kilbride G75 0QJ
Received 11 Oct 202215 Mauchline Court Hamilton ML3 9XY
Received 11 Oct 2022Yard C Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0RS
Received 11 Oct 2022Holmlea Strathaven Road Stonehouse ML9 3EN
Received 11 Oct 20224 Barrow Park Blackwood Lanark ML11 9ZN
Received 11 Oct 2022Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Headquarters Westburn Drive Cambuslang G72 7NA
Received 11 Oct 2022Hagshaw Energy Cluster Station Road Douglas West Lanark
Received 4 Oct 2022Land 115M NNE Of Clydesbank St Patricks Road Lanark
Received 12 Oct 20227 Allanshaw Grove Hamilton ML3 8NZ
Received 12 Oct 202266 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 12 Oct 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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