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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.
17,659 approved · 614 refused · 1,196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hopscotch Nursery 58 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TB
Received 26 May 2023Uddingston Baptist Church 23 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7PB
Received 26 May 202316 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1PJ
Received 26 May 2023100 Brownlee Road Law ML8 5JD
Received 26 May 2023Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 29 May 2023Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 29 May 20233 Clydesdale Close Biggar ML12 6GH
Received 29 May 20238 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 29 May 2023North Lodge Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 29 May 2023Dalquhandy Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0HN
Received 29 May 2023Land 37M North Of 1 Muirburn Farm Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NF
Received 30 May 20230-2 10 Greenbank Street Rutherglen G73 1JU
Received 30 May 202321 Douglas Street Carluke ML8 5BJ
Received 30 May 2023Land 220M WSW Of Chapelfield House Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 30 May 2023Land 1.6km Southeast Of Redshaw B7078 From Millbank A70 To Abington Int A702 Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 30 May 202328 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DT
Received 30 May 2023Church Of The Nazarene Old Mill Road Uddingston G71 7PF
Received 30 May 20239 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 30 May 2023Redlees Cottage Westburn Road Cambuslang G72 7UN
Received 31 May 202317 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 31 May 20233B Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 31 May 2023Land 135M Northwest Of Hareshawhill Farm C138 Hairshaw Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Jun 20237 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 1 Jun 2023Carluke Service Station 87 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5BY
Received 1 Jun 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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