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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.
18,418 approved · 633 refused · 1,250 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carnwath Parish Church Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JY
Received 4 Aug 202311 Pentland Gardens Larkhall ML9 1DY
Received 4 Aug 20239 Sunningdale Wynd Bothwell G71 8EQ
Received 7 Aug 20237 Loch Torridon East Kilbride G74 2EU
Received 7 Aug 20231E Croft Place Larkhall ML9 1BQ
Received 7 Aug 2023Bothwellpark House Bothwellpark Road Bothwell G71 8AH
Received 7 Aug 2023114 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2RL
Received 7 Aug 2023Unit 1 18 Chapel Street Rutherglen G73 1JE
Received 7 Aug 202378 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 7 Aug 20237 Auldton Terrace Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AG
Received 7 Aug 202315 Jasmine Avenue East Kilbride G75 9FF
Received 8 Aug 2023Land 34M East Of Heads Cottage Heads Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 8 Aug 202345 Kirkconnel Drive Rutherglen G73 4PT
Received 8 Aug 202359 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BN
Received 8 Aug 2023Land 100M Northwest Of East Rogerton Cottage Markethill Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Aug 2023Land 90M Southwest Of Hayhill House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 9 Aug 2023Unit A EPS Industrial Estate A743 From Lanark To Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SA
Received 9 Aug 202347 Hope Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9QY
Received 9 Aug 202316 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang G72 7AF
Received 9 Aug 2023Co-op Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HP
Received 9 Aug 2023Logoch Windfarm Ardochrig Highway East Kilbride G75 0QN
Received 9 Aug 2023Galawhistle Windfarm A70 From Glenbuck To Douglas Glespin Lanark
Received 9 Aug 2023Land 110M Northwest Of Littlepark Cottage Jackton Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Jul 2023DM Autos 51 Hawbank Road College Milton Industrial Estate G74 5EG
Received 10 Aug 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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