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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.
18,515 approved · 638 refused · 1,262 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Aug 2009 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 4, Block 6 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0UP
Received 16 Aug 202315 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LS
Received 16 Aug 202392 Dalziel Street Hamilton ML3 9AS
Received 16 Aug 2023Middle Muir Wind Farm B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 17 Aug 202321B Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 17 Aug 2023Sainsbury's 3 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 17 Aug 2023113 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 17 Aug 202326 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JG
Received 17 Aug 2023The East Wing Lairfad Farm Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 9DP
Received 18 Aug 202330 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QG
Received 18 Aug 202353 Fleming Place East Kilbride G75 0DB
Received 21 Aug 202355 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AQ
Received 21 Aug 202385 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen G73 1AA
Received 21 Aug 202312 Dunbeath Grove Blantyre G72 0GL
Received 21 Aug 2023Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 21 Aug 20232 Lockhart Street Stonehouse ML9 3LX
Received 18 Aug 202350 Menteith Place Rutherglen G73 5RQ
Received 22 Aug 20239 Kavanagh Crescent East Kilbride G75 8WS
Received 23 Aug 20234 Coylton Crescent Hamilton ML3 9NL
Received 23 Aug 202332 Bruce Terrace Blantyre G72 9AG
Received 23 Aug 202340 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 24 Aug 202385 Carlisle Road Abington Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6SD
Received 24 Aug 20231 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BU
Received 24 Aug 20231 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate G74 5BU
Received 24 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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