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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.
17,216 approved · 600 refused · 1,147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Muirhall Wind Farm Auchengray Lanark
Received 13 Mar 2023Muirhall Wind Farm Auchengray Lanark
Received 13 Mar 2023Muirhall Wind Farm Auchengray Lanark
Received 13 Mar 2023Bankhead Farm Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LU
Received 13 Mar 2023Muirhall Wind Farm Auchengray Lanark
Received 13 Mar 202320 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 13 Mar 202371 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QE
Received 14 Mar 20231 - 4 Manson Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0QW
Received 14 Mar 202354 Cot Castle Grove Stonehouse ML9 3RQ
Received 14 Mar 2023Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AG
Received 14 Mar 20234 Market Court Lanark ML11 9EX
Received 14 Mar 202322 Kirkburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NT
Received 15 Mar 2023Killara 18 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 13 Mar 2023Brownrock Quarry Heathland Forest Wilsontown Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 15 Mar 202377 Ambleside Rise Hamilton ML3 7HJ
Received 15 Mar 2023Broomhill Farm Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LF
Received 15 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To No. 15 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 16 Mar 2023The Hayloft Falla Farm Westsidewood Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 16 Mar 20235 Greenholm Avenue Uddingston G71 7SY
Received 16 Mar 2023Land 30M ENE Of Scottsmuir Crookedshields Road East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 202332 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NA
Received 16 Mar 202332 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NA
Received 16 Mar 2023Hall 1 Kilmory Road Carluke ML8 4PB
Received 16 Mar 202345 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride G75 0EL
Received 17 Mar 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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