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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.
17,872 approved · 617 refused · 1,206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 0DR
Received 27 Jun 2023The Factors House 18 Staneacre Park Hamilton ML3 7FY
Received 27 Jun 20237 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JH
Received 27 Jun 202351 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 28 Jun 2023161 - 163 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QQ
Received 28 Jun 2023161 - 163 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QQ
Received 28 Jun 2023241 Glasgow Road Hamilton ML3 0QG
Received 28 Jun 202317 Kirkriggs View Rutherglen G73 4LF
Received 28 Jun 202319 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston G71 7BH
Received 28 Jun 2023Teaths Farm Teaths Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 28 Jun 2023Davingillbank 136 Lanark Road Crossford ML8 5QQ
Received 28 Jun 2023Plot 5 Strathaven Road Boghead Lesmahagow
Received 28 Jun 202351 Burnblea Street Hamilton ML3 6RF
Received 29 Jun 202331 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 29 Jun 202323 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EX
Received 29 Jun 2023Blantyre Petrol Filling Station East Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Glasgow G72 0JB
Received 29 Jun 2023Kypeside Stables Kypeside From C14 To Priorhill Lesmahagow ML11 0JL
Received 30 Jun 202318 Lapwing Drive Cambuslang G72 6AT
Received 30 Jun 20233 Blairston Gardens Bothwell G71 8RY
Received 30 Jun 2023Seath Road Rutherglen G73 1RW
Received 30 Jun 2023Land 140M West Of Brownlee House Mauldslie Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Jun 202320 East Wellbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 8HG
Received 30 Jun 20232 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 30 Jun 20236 Golf Lane Symington Biggar ML12 6ZN
Received 30 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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