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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.
16,319 approved · 581 refused · 1,051 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cameron Park Garrion Bridge Larkhall ML9 2WE
Received 10 Nov 202230 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QG
Received 10 Nov 2022Philipshill Cemetery Westerfield Road Clarkston G76 9HS
Received 10 Nov 20221 Kirk Place Kirkmuirhill Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 9RR
Received 11 Nov 2022Flat 13 - The Penthouse Hamilton Tower Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 11 Nov 2022Turnlaw Barn Turnlaw Road Cambuslang G72 8YJ
Received 11 Nov 2022Land 60M East Of Greenfield Social Club Pollock Avenue Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Nov 2022Plot 3 Land 65M NNE Of Devonshaw Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Nov 2022Site Adjacent To 80 Bogside Road Ashgill ML9 3AN
Received 14 Nov 202247 Sydney Drive East Kilbride G75 8DQ
Received 14 Nov 202213 Belhaven Road Hamilton ML3 9RS
Received 14 Nov 202277 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 14 Nov 2022Hartisford Farm Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 14 Nov 202229 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 14 Nov 2022Hartisford Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 14 Nov 20222 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 15 Nov 2022Plot 3 1 Silverwood Gate Bothwell
Received 15 Nov 2022Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 15 Nov 202227 Fernlea Road Strathaven ML10 6NS
Received 15 Nov 202215 Cypress Court Hamilton ML3 7LU
Received 15 Nov 2022Carmacoup And Penbreck Forest Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark
Received 15 Nov 202217 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 16 Nov 2022Hillcrest Strathaven Road Hamilton ML3 7UX
Received 15 Nov 202250 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 16 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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