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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.
16,876 approved · 593 refused · 1,104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 32M NW Of 2 Dukes Road Glenside Drive Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Jan 202312 Woolfords Cottages Woolfords West Calder EH55 8LH
Received 1 Feb 2023Fieldway Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 1 Feb 202327 Fernlea Road Strathaven ML10 6NS
Received 2 Feb 202357A Craig Street Blantyre G72 0NH
Received 2 Feb 202322 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 2 Feb 2023Frankie And Benny Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 2 Feb 2023Southlands Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AA
Received 2 Feb 2023Beechwood Mews Osborne Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5AE
Received 2 Feb 2023West Barn Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 3 Feb 202362 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AQ
Received 3 Feb 202317 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell G71 8TH
Received 3 Feb 20235A Station Place Law Carluke ML8 5LR
Received 6 Feb 2023Former Phillipshill Chapel Grado Avenue East Kilbride G74 5LF
Received 6 Feb 2023St John The Baptist Primary School 90 North British Road Uddingston G71 7AG
Received 6 Feb 2023Chapel Grado Avenue Gso Business Park Glasgow
Received 6 Feb 2023Tennis Pavilion Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park Lawrie Street Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Jan 202314 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 6 Feb 202312 Nutberry Place Strathaven ML10 6HW
Received 6 Feb 202326 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JG
Received 6 Feb 20238 Summerlee Road Larkhall ML9 2UH
Received 7 Feb 2023Avonside Farm Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6RQ
Received 7 Feb 20239 Avonside Grove Hamilton ML3 7DL
Received 7 Feb 2023Auchengray Church Centre Auchengray Road Auchengray Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8LD
Received 8 Feb 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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