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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.
17,742 approved · 615 refused · 1,199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jackton Estates Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 1 Jun 202344 Thistledown Drive Cambuslang G72 6AH
Received 7 Jun 20231 Mauldslie Mauldslie Estate Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5QE
Received 7 Jun 202352 Burns Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QR
Received 7 Jun 2023Land 190M North Of Forthview Blackhill Road Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Jun 202367 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre G72 0JH
Received 8 Jun 20232 Glenside Drive Rutherglen G73 3LL
Received 8 Jun 2023Chalmers Parish Church 51-57 Robert Smillie Crescent Larkhall ML9 1LF
Received 8 Jun 2023Cambuslang Rugby And Sports Club Langlea Road Cambuslang G72 8HG
Received 8 Jun 2023Land 100M North Of 2 Swinhill Avenue Swinhill Avenue Birkenshaw Larkhall
Received 8 Jun 2023Ireland Alloys Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0HP
Received 8 Jun 2023Plot 5 Land 72M Southwest Of Dillarview Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 9 Jun 20238 West Coats Road Cambuslang G72 8AB
Received 9 Jun 2023Land 435M Northwest Of Mount Farm Mount Farm C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven
Received 9 Jun 20231 Torrance Gait East Kilbride G75 0RR
Received 9 Jun 2023Area Of Open Ground East Of Redwood Drive East Kilbride
Received 9 Jun 20236 Greystone Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FT
Received 9 Jun 2023Land 70M Southeast Of Ivy Cottage Heads Highway Glassford ML10 6TY
Received 9 Jun 202318 Scholars Wynd Hamilton ML3 8RE
Received 9 Jun 2023Cedar House Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 12 Jun 2023Land 38M Southwest Of 190 Auchinraith Road Main Street Blantyre
Received 12 Jun 2023Devonburn View 12 Devonburn Road Devonburn ML11 9PX
Received 12 Jun 2023Site Of Former Cairns Primary School Cairnswell Avenue Cambuslang
Received 12 Jun 2023Land 38M Northeast Of Unit 1 Calderwood Square Capelrig Drive East Kilbride
Received 12 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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