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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.
16,844 approved · 592 refused · 1,100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Hillcrest View Larkhall ML9 2HX
Received 26 Jan 2023Unit 10 Craignethan Road Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5WB
Received 26 Jan 2023Land 160M Northeast Of Nether Kypeside Farm C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Jan 20233 Crossridge Country Cottages C26 From A70 At Sandilands To A73 At Warrenhill Carmichael Biggar ML12 6NG
Received 26 Jan 202352 Camnethan Street Stonehouse ML9 3NQ
Received 26 Jan 20234 Macleod Way Cambuslang G72 7GW
Received 27 Jan 20234 Lochalsh Place Blantyre G72 9LT
Received 27 Jan 2023158 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PP
Received 27 Jan 202314 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 27 Jan 2023114 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PW
Received 27 Jan 202350 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 27 Jan 202331 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 27 Jan 20231 Sherbrooke Place East Kilbride G75 8SG
Received 27 Jan 202316 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 27 Jan 2023East Hyndshawland Farm A721 From Carnwath To A702 Melbourne Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RD
Received 27 Jan 202360 Deans Avenue Cambuslang G72 8UU
Received 30 Jan 2023Rigmuir Landfill Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 30 Jan 202311A Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 30 Jan 202373 Glen Moriston East Kilbride G74 2BD
Received 30 Jan 2023Craig Mill Brewery B7086 From Strathaven To Lesmahagow Strathaven ML10 6PB
Received 30 Jan 2023Craig Mill Brewery B7086 From Strathaven To Lesmahagow Strathaven ML10 6PB
Received 30 Jan 2023Annabella Nursery Crossford Carluke ML8 5QF
Received 31 Jan 202311 South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PJ
Received 31 Jan 2023Dunroamin Polkelly C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 31 Jan 2023Records 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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