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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.
17,021 approved · 596 refused · 1,122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Feb 202318 Clamps Terrace East Kilbride G74 2HA
Received 16 Feb 202397 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre G72 9LZ
Received 16 Feb 2023Brannoch Easter Yardhouses Farm Easter Yardhouses Road Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 16 Feb 202353 The Plaza East Kilbride G74 1LW
Received 17 Feb 2023178 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9AT
Received 17 Feb 2023Access Road At Huntlybank Ravenstruther Lanark
Received 20 Feb 2023211 Trossachs Road Rutherglen G73 5PE
Received 20 Feb 20238 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell G71 8SB
Received 20 Feb 20233 Shott Gate Hamilton Road Blantyre G72 9UD
Received 20 Feb 2023Land 24M North Of Dechmont Works Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 20 Feb 20231 East Drumloch Farm Burn Highway Hamilton ML3 8RL
Received 20 Feb 2023151 Montrose Crescent Hamilton ML3 6LQ
Received 20 Feb 2023Land 24M Northeast Of 61 Belmont Drive Westwood Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 21 Feb 2023Coney Croft A702 From Melbourne Crossroads A721 To Dolphinton Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HH
Received 21 Feb 2023Killalees Farm B7086 From Boghead Kirkmuirhill To Deadwaters Bridge Boghead Lanark ML11 0JH
Received 21 Feb 202385 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 21 Feb 202360 Cunninghame Road Farm Castle Industrial Estate Glasgow G73 1PP
Received 22 Feb 202328 Hawbank Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5EX
Received 22 Feb 202359 Newfield Crescent Hamilton ML3 9DT
Received 22 Feb 20233 Torrance Road East Kilbride G74 1AR
Received 22 Feb 2023Lampits Farm Carnwath Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RW
Received 23 Feb 2023Land 1.6m West Of Daerhead Outdoor Centre Kirkhope Elvanfoot Biggar ML12 6TJ
Received 23 Feb 2023Land 33M East Of Asheytele Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 23 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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