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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.
16,992 approved · 596 refused · 1,120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 10 Feb 20239 Bishop Gardens Hamilton ML3 7YF
Received 10 Feb 2023Hill O'birches Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall G74 5AD
Received 10 Feb 202327 Yew Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7FE
Received 10 Feb 2023James Young Building Reynolds Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park G75 0QF
Received 10 Feb 202313 Seath Road Rutherglen G73 1RW
Received 10 Feb 2023Biggar Rugby Football Club Boghall Road Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 10 Feb 2023Land 68M Southwest Of 1B Young Place Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 20231 Old Avon Road Hamilton ML3 7BT
Received 13 Feb 2023Land 60M Southeast Of Hairmyres Station Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Feb 202310 Cedar Crescent Hamilton ML3 7LW
Received 13 Feb 2023Plot 3 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Feb 202330 Macarthur Crescent East Kilbride G74 4TL
Received 13 Feb 2023Land 20M North Of 4 Church Street Church Street Uddingston
Received 13 Feb 202316 Wildcat Drive Cambuslang G72 6AR
Received 13 Feb 202333 Abbotsford Brae East Kilbride G74 4LH
Received 14 Feb 2023Land 90M ESE Of 24 Simpson Drive Strutherhill Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Feb 2023M B Techniques Douglas Street Hamilton ML3 0BU
Received 14 Feb 202336 Forsyth Court Lanark ML11 7BQ
Received 14 Feb 20237 Glenview Larkhall ML9 1DA
Received 15 Feb 2023Carnwath Moss B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Feb 2023Woodend Moss B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Carnwath Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 15 Feb 202381A St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7BJ
Received 15 Feb 2023Land 38M Northwest Of 27 St Andrews Drive St Andrews Drive Law Carluke
Received 16 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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