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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.
17,906 approved · 617 refused · 1,209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 30 Jun 202311 Birch Brae Hamilton ML3 7LJ
Received 3 Jul 202315 Tyndrum Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QR
Received 3 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To 50 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TX
Received 3 Jul 20231 Hardie Street Blantyre G72 0NL
Received 4 Jul 2023Land 50M SSW Of 1 Milton Cottage Milton Road Carluke ML8 5PT
Received 4 Jul 20238 Beechwood Court Lanark ML11 9FJ
Received 4 Jul 2023Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 4 Jul 2023Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 4 Jul 2023Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 4 Jul 2023Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 4 Jul 2023104 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 4 Jul 2023104 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 4 Jul 202317 Macauley Way Hamilton ML3 7ZL
Received 4 Jul 2023Coalburn Village Green Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark
Received 5 Jul 202320 Clyde Grove Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5WN
Received 5 Jul 2023120 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PW
Received 5 Jul 2023270 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 5 Jul 202312 Glenlui Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JE
Received 5 Jul 202332 Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8UE
Received 5 Jul 2023Lanark Bus Station St Vincent Place Lanark ML11 7JS
Received 5 Jul 2023Land 50M Southeast Of 53 Symington Street Symington Street Leadhills Biggar
Received 5 Jul 202323 Virginia Grove Hamilton ML3 8SU
Received 5 Jul 2023Land 80M North Of Uddingston Grammar Old Glasgow Road Uddingston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 5 Jul 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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