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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.
17,589 approved · 612 refused · 1,195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 16 May 202324 Bowmore Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5DD
Received 16 May 20239 Kingsburn Drive Rutherglen G73 2AN
Received 16 May 2023103 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 17 May 202327 Honeysuckle Court Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZE
Received 17 May 20231 Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9SY
Received 17 May 2023Land 35M North Of Trunlehill Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 17 May 20231 Mauldslie Mauldslie Estate Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5QE
Received 17 May 2023Plot 23 Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 17 May 2023The Talisker Inn 58 Main Street Forth Lanark ML11 8AA
Received 17 May 202338 Bressay Grove Cambuslang G72 8QU
Received 18 May 2023Plot 1 Site Of Former Council Housing Driverholm Terrace Glespin Lanark ML11 0SF South Lanarkshire
Received 18 May 2023Galalea Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 18 May 2023Land 165 WSW Of 1B Young Place Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0XS
Received 19 May 2023Land 67M Northwest Of Holmview A70 From Rigside To Hyndford Bridge Sandilands Lanark
Received 19 May 2023101 Dale Avenue Cambuslang G72 7EY
Received 19 May 202372 Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DP
Received 22 May 2023Well Hall 60 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9DL
Received 22 May 202319B Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 22 May 20231 Manse Road Forth Lanark ML11 8AJ
Received 22 May 2023Teaths Farm Teaths Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 22 May 2023Red Moss B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 18 May 2023Uddingston Baptist Church 23 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7PB
Received 22 May 202328 Auctioneers Way Lanark ML11 9FD
Received 22 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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