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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.
16,150 approved · 578 refused · 1,040 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8YL
Received 20 Oct 202268 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SW
Received 20 Oct 202214 Corrie Court Hamilton ML3 9XE
Received 20 Oct 202273 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 20 Oct 202230 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DT
Received 21 Oct 2022240 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang G72 7DA
Received 21 Oct 20224 Monteith Place Blantyre G72 9AN
Received 24 Oct 202210 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 24 Oct 2022Land 57M South Of BP Service Station Kingsway East Kilbride
Received 24 Oct 2022Biggar Corn Exchange Hall High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 24 Oct 202225 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 24 Oct 2022Strathaven Castle (Avondale Castle) 15 Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6LF
Received 24 Oct 20221 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JU
Received 25 Oct 20226 Kirkriggs View Rutherglen G73 4LF
Received 25 Oct 2022Land 50M South Of Eastend Farm Carmunnock Road Clarkston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Oct 20221 - 5 Brandon Street Hamilton ML3 6DA
Received 25 Oct 2022Land 68M Southwest Of 25 The Loaning The Loaning Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Oct 202252 Carnwath Road Braehead Lanark ML11 8EY
Received 26 Oct 202232 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0JZ
Received 26 Oct 202234 Wellesley Drive East Kilbride G75 8TR
Received 25 Oct 2022Land South Of Alnwick Drive Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 26 Oct 20225 Burncleuch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NU
Received 26 Oct 2022Tigh Hartree Hartree Entries Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 26 Oct 2022Land 50M Northwest Of Elsrickle Primary School Elsrickle Village Elsrickle Biggar
Received 26 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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