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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.
17,250 approved · 600 refused · 1,156 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Draffan Gardens Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3FA
Received 17 Mar 2023Bonnet Knowe Nursery Covington Road Thankerton Biggar
Received 17 Mar 2023Bridge DMB/5 Bonnington Lanark
Received 17 Mar 202323 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 17 Mar 202319 Victoria Road Rutherglen G73 3QF
Received 17 Mar 202336 Rosefield Gardens Uddingston G71 7AW
Received 17 Mar 20236 Newton Court Cambuslang G72 7RJ
Received 15 Mar 2023Benthall Farm - Phase 2 Auldhouse Road Auldhouse G75 9DT
Received 15 Mar 20236 Skylark Gardens (plot 320) Cambuslang G72 6AZ
Received 17 Mar 2023Unit 1 Block 2 Threave Court Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 17 Mar 2023Plot 2 Springbank House West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PT
Received 17 Mar 202320 Spruce Drive Cambuslang G72 7FW
Received 20 Mar 20238A Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 20 Mar 2023Land 27M East Of 1 Rorison Place Rorison Place Ashgill Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 20 Mar 202361 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DQ
Received 22 Mar 202325 Colvilles Park Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0GZ
Received 22 Mar 202316 Dunbeath Grove Blantyre G72 0GL
Received 22 Mar 202374 Station Road Law Carluke ML8 5LW
Received 3 Feb 2023Land 160M Northeast Of Nether Kypeside Farm Lesmahagow
Received 22 Mar 202318 Coniston Crescent Hamilton ML3 7HP
Received 22 Mar 2023Site Of Former Kames Golf And Country Club A721 From Carluke To Carstairs Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 22 Mar 2023Land To Rear Of 23A Glasgow Road Chapelton ML10 6RS
Received 22 Mar 202340 Bryce Gardens Larkhall ML9 1HQ
Received 23 Mar 202345 Linden Lea Hamilton ML3 9AG
Received 23 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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