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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.
17,556 approved · 610 refused · 1,192 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Welsh Drive Blantyre G72 0ED
Received 9 May 20237 Ridgepark Drive Lanark ML11 7PG
Received 9 May 2023Unit 6 Block 4 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate G72 0UP
Received 9 May 2023Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AG
Received 9 May 202314 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 10 May 202331 Broughton East Kilbride G75 0JU
Received 10 May 202316A Kirk Street Carluke ML8 5BW
Received 10 May 2023Howburn Farm A721 From Carnwath To A702 Melbourne Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 11 May 2023The Black Bull Inn 59 High Street Carluke ML8 4AL
Received 11 May 202370 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 11 May 202338 Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RG
Received 11 May 202330 Carnwath Road Braehead Lanark ML11 8EY
Received 11 May 2023Stockwell Farm Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NG
Received 12 May 202316 Kirkhope Place Carluke ML8 5GN
Received 12 May 20237 Marlage Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall ML9 3DJ
Received 12 May 202332 Stonefield Crescent Blantyre G72 9TF
Received 15 May 202338 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 15 May 20236 Wellington East Kilbride G75 8RB
Received 15 May 202343 Wardlaw Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PY
Received 15 May 202316 Ardbeg Avenue Rutherglen G73 5NE
Received 15 May 202319 Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4AA
Received 15 May 20231 Thorn Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AT
Received 16 May 2023Muirhall Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 16 May 2023Reynolds Building Reynolds Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0AF
Received 16 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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