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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.
17,466 approved · 605 refused · 1,181 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Community Growth Area Development - Northwest Plot Highstonehall Road Hamilton
Received 20 Apr 20231 Grange Gardens Bothwell G71 8SD
Received 20 Apr 2023Viewfield Tavern 1 Ayr Road Rigside Lanark ML11 9NP
Received 20 Apr 2023Land 70M South Of 28 Beck Avenue Borland Drive Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 20 Apr 202364 Meadow Drive Cambuslang G72 6QD
Received 20 Apr 202314 Randall Drive Hamilton ML3 8SF
Received 21 Apr 2023Land Between Hayhill And Hillcrest Hayhill Road Thorntonhall
Received 21 Apr 202346 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 21 Apr 202341 James Watt Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5HG
Received 24 Apr 202374 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 20 Apr 2023Land At La Can'a Casa Wetlea Park Strathaven Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0GN
Received 24 Apr 2023Unit 3 Lanark Market Acorn Road Lanark ML11 9AX
Received 24 Apr 20235 Coll East Kilbride G74 2DS
Received 25 Apr 2023Gateside Farm Kilncadzow Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QN
Received 25 Apr 20233 Mansefield Court Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 25 Apr 2023167 Neilsland Road Hamilton ML3 8EU
Received 26 Apr 2023Over Kypeside Farm Kypeside From C14 To Priorhill Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JL
Received 26 Apr 202349 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 26 Apr 202323 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DF
Received 26 Apr 20237 Ettrick Hill East Kilbride G74 3AN
Received 26 Apr 2023Land 180M Northwest Of Dalton School Lodge Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 26 Apr 2023Land 180M Northwest Of Dalton School Lodge Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 26 Apr 2023Land 180M Northwest Of Dalton School Lodge Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 26 Apr 2023Bonnie Prince Charlie High Common Road East Kilbride G74 2AU
Received 27 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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