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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.
16,421 approved · 583 refused · 1,060 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 21 Nov 20226 Hallside Drive Cambuslang G72 7DU
Received 21 Nov 2022Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture Main Street Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6SS
Received 22 Nov 202217 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3AE
Received 22 Nov 202238 Morland East Kilbride G74 3PH
Received 22 Nov 2022The Tolbooth 4 High Street Lanark ML11 7EX
Received 22 Nov 2022Land 215M Northwest Of Woodside Cottage A70 From Carstairs To Carnwath Carstairs Junction Lanark
Received 22 Nov 2022Street Record Strathaven Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 23 Nov 202266 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4PJ
Received 23 Nov 202212 Southcroft Road Biggar ML12 6AJ
Received 23 Nov 2022Priestgill Wind Farm Little Gill Farm Abington ML12 6RW
Received 23 Nov 2022Cloburn Quarry Lanark ML11 8SR
Received 22 Nov 20223 Mull East Kilbride G74 2DT
Received 23 Nov 2022Greenfield Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 24 Nov 202220 Station Gate Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3FD
Received 24 Nov 2022The Heron Farm Shop Kindrochet Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 24 Nov 20225 Birkdale East Kilbride G74 4JE
Received 24 Nov 202251 Glenburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AW
Received 24 Nov 2022Ard Taigh Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 24 Nov 202221 Basil Grove East Kilbride G75 8ZZ
Received 25 Nov 2022Beechside House Access From Jerviswood Road To Jerviswood House Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 25 Nov 202214 Clamps Wood East Kilbride G74 2HB
Received 25 Nov 202221 Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 28 Nov 20221-2 5 Chapel Street Rutherglen G73 1JL
Received 28 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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