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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.
17,524 approved · 608 refused · 1,192 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kersewell Mains Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LG
Received 2 May 202357 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride G75 8YR
Received 2 May 2023Second Floor 1 Barrack Street Hamilton ML3 0DG
Received 2 May 202382 Cairns Road Cambuslang G72 8PZ
Received 2 May 202335 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DP
Received 3 May 20237 Shieldhill East Kilbride G75 0NU
Received 3 May 202336 Kylepark Crescent Uddingston G71 7DQ
Received 3 May 2023Land 80M South Of Greenhills Road Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 3 May 202323 Yew Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FE
Received 3 May 202350 Laighmuir Street Uddingston G71 7JY
Received 3 May 202351 Honeysuckle Drive Cambuslang G72 6PE
Received 4 May 202351 Glenlyon Place Rutherglen G73 5PL
Received 4 May 2023214 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9SQ
Received 4 May 202314 St Mungos Lanark ML11 9AD
Received 4 May 202329 Station Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XS
Received 4 May 20231D Croft Place Larkhall ML9 1BQ
Received 5 May 2023Radstone Hotel Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2TZ
Received 5 May 2023Logoch Windfarm Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride G75 0QN
Received 5 May 202318 Teme Place East Kilbride G75 8UY
Received 5 May 2023Thornhome Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 4QD
Received 5 May 202355 Redpath Drive Cambuslang G72 7UA
Received 8 May 202339 Broughton East Kilbride G75 0JU
Received 8 May 202324 Carwood Road Biggar ML12 6EN
Received 8 May 20231-2 5 Langside Road Bothwell G71 8NG
Received 8 May 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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