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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.
17,833 approved · 616 refused · 1,203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Park Crescent Blantyre G72 9SX
Received 20 Jun 202315 Croft Walk Cambuslang G72 6WA
Received 20 Jun 202352 Corsehill Crescent Hamilton ML3 8FE
Received 21 Jun 2023Nuthatch House 4 School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 21 Jun 2023Land At Biggar Road Symington ML12 6FT
Received 21 Jun 2023Stoneside Of Dripps Farm Cartside Highway Thorntonhall G74 5AP
Received 21 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To Strawfranks Farm And Howes Way Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8SE
Received 21 Jun 2023North Lodge Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 22 Jun 20238 Broomhill View Larkhall ML9 1AW
Received 22 Jun 2023Old Coach Service Station 104 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4AT
Received 22 Jun 202381 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PL
Received 22 Jun 202328 Cleveden Drive Rutherglen G73 3TA
Received 23 Jun 2023Shawfield Stadium Rutherglen Road Rutherglen G73 1SZ
Received 19 Jun 202311 Drumgray Drive Cambuslang G72 8WS
Received 23 Jun 202343 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2AP
Received 26 Jun 202379 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 26 Jun 202367 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 26 Jun 202311 Priory Drive Uddingston G71 7DR
Received 26 Jun 2023113 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 26 Jun 202326 Greenlady Walk Lanark ML11 7EP
Received 26 Jun 202332 Bloomingdale Drive East Kilbride G75 8WD
Received 27 Jun 20234 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8RU
Received 27 Jun 2023Site East Of High Hook Farm C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 27 Jun 2023Unit 2 Rutherglen Retail Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 27 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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