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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.
17,691 approved · 614 refused · 1,199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 St Ronans Drive Rutherglen G73 3SR
Received 1 Jun 2023100 High Blantyre Road Hamilton ML3 9HW
Received 1 Jun 202310 Craigallian Avenue Cambuslang G72 8RP
Received 1 Jun 2023Carrigans Eating House Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 2 Jun 2023115 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HP
Received 26 May 2023Belenus 2A Camps Road Crawford ML12 6TZ
Received 2 Jun 202311 Keats Park Bothwell G71 8TG
Received 2 Jun 2023Hapenton Nursery 290 Strathaven Road Limekilnburn ML3 7XW
Received 2 Jun 2023123 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 2 Jun 2023David Lloyd Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6BY
Received 2 Jun 2023Tesco Express Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9TE
Received 2 Jun 202393 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 5 Jun 202376 Church Street Larkhall ML9 1HE
Received 5 Jun 202388 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LJ
Received 5 Jun 20239 Sunningdale Wynd Bothwell G71 8EQ
Received 5 Jun 202310 Moffat Gardens East Kilbride G75 8YA
Received 5 Jun 2023Dolphinton House Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7AB
Received 5 Jun 202334 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 5 Jun 202320 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HT
Received 5 Jun 202336 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 6 Jun 202319 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AP
Received 6 Jun 202320 Hawthorn Walk Cambuslang G72 7AB
Received 6 Jun 202343 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 6 Jun 202359 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 7 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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