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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.
16,276 approved · 580 refused · 1,048 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Low Brownmuir Farm Bents And Station Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 7 Nov 202214 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QD
Received 7 Nov 20221-2, 18 Haddow Street Hamilton ML3 7HX
Received 7 Nov 20221-2, 16 Haddow Street Hamilton ML3 7HX
Received 7 Nov 202230 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AN
Received 8 Nov 20229 Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 8 Nov 202212 Merkland Way East Kilbride G75 9NH
Received 8 Nov 2022Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 8 Nov 2022Asda Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 8 Nov 202217 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NT
Received 8 Nov 202224 Cypress Avenue Blantyre G72 9QE
Received 9 Nov 202227 Derwentwater East Kilbride G75 8JT
Received 9 Nov 20227 Colvilles Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0RS
Received 9 Nov 2022Land 35M North Of Trunlehill Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 9 Nov 2022Ground Floor Flat 211 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang G72 7TS
Received 9 Nov 202281 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 9 Nov 2022130 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5BU
Received 9 Nov 202250 Broomgate Lanark ML11 9EE
Received 9 Nov 202228 North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 9 Nov 2022Peel Lodge Waterside Road Clarkston G76 9HN
Received 9 Nov 20223 Wellshaw View Hamilton ML3 9FQ
Received 9 Nov 202213 Leafield Road Biggar ML12 6AY
Received 10 Nov 20222 Church Street Larkhall ML9 1EU
Received 10 Nov 2022Horsewell House Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6ND
Received 10 Nov 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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