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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.
17,318 approved · 603 refused · 1,169 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Dec 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 29 Mar 2023First Blantyre Depot 5 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0LA
Received 29 Mar 202329 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 29 Mar 2023Land 26M SSEof 112 Cathcart Road Cathcart Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 2023Land 24M North Of 64 Fernhill Road Fernhill Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Mar 2023Land 29M Northwest Of 1 Albert Terrace Albert Terrace Hamilton
Received 29 Mar 2023Land 21M ENE Of 41 Hume Drive Hume Drive Bothwell
Received 29 Mar 202359 Rosemount Crescent Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QN
Received 30 Mar 20234 Macleod Way Cambuslang G72 7GW
Received 30 Mar 2023Bluebells Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6HT
Received 30 Mar 202339 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 30 Mar 2023Land At Sheriffaulds Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RJ
Received 30 Mar 2023Falla Farm Westsidewood Road Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 30 Mar 2023Kirtonholme Pavilion Kirktonholme Park West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1EF
Received 30 Mar 202333 Bogside Road Ashgill ML9 3AW
Received 31 Mar 2023Land 78M Southeast Of 1 Waterfall Meadows Waterfall Meadows Cleghorn Lanark
Received 31 Mar 2023Area Between 3 - 5 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 31 Mar 20239 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 31 Mar 20232 Plots East Of 19 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 31 Mar 202326 Croft Larkhall ML9 1AX
Received 31 Mar 20231 Baird Way Biggar ML12 6ZB
Received 31 Mar 202367 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 31 Mar 2023Site Of Former Cairns Primary School Cairnswell Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 3 Apr 202324 Clover Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AD
Received 3 Apr 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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