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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.
16,375 approved · 583 refused · 1,056 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JF
Received 16 Nov 2022Land 1.2km Southeast Of High Dykes Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 16 Nov 2022Site Of Former Waterworks Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 15 Nov 20229 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 16 Nov 2022Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 16 Nov 202226 Shawburn Street Hamilton ML3 9DX
Received 16 Nov 20228 Credon Gardens Rutherglen G73 4EN
Received 16 Nov 2022Land 350M Southeast Of Wellburn Farm Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Aug 20221 Strathyre Gardens East Kilbride G75 8GP
Received 16 Nov 20226 Mounthilly Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RU
Received 16 Nov 2022Crawfordjohn Church Manse Road Crawfordjohn Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6SS
Received 16 Nov 2022Land At Whitemoss Lodge Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride G74 3ED
Received 17 Nov 202276 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 17 Nov 2022Greenwall Farm Greenwall Road Forth ML11 8EN
Received 17 Nov 202221 Mid Loan Street Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NX
Received 17 Nov 2022Land To Northeast Of Greenfield Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder
Received 17 Nov 2022Land 145M ENE Of 270 Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 17 Nov 2022High Boreland Brocketsbrae Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Nov 2022Waterbank Farm Westerfield Road Clarkston G76 9HS
Received 18 Nov 2022Plot 6A Nethan Grove Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 18 Nov 202274 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 21 Nov 202229 Campbell Crescent Bothwell G71 8HD
Received 21 Nov 202256 Elder Crescent Cambuslang G72 7GL
Received 21 Nov 202221 Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen G73 4EJ
Received 21 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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