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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.
18,561 approved · 639 refused · 1,268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbeyfield House 1 - 3 Station Road Strathaven ML10 6BE
Received 24 Aug 202367 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 24 Aug 202366 Greenhill Road Rutherglen G73 2SS
Received 25 Aug 20234 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 25 Aug 20234 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 25 Aug 2023Stobieside House C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 25 Aug 2023Stobieside House C136 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 25 Aug 2023Land 275M North Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 22 Aug 2023The Old Barn Kings Inn Farm Easter Yardhouses Road Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 25 Aug 2023Larkhall Service Station 1 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 25 Aug 20235 Muirkirk Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FS
Received 25 Aug 20238 Lansdowne Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DH
Received 24 Aug 202318 Marsden Wynd East Kilbride G75 9PX
Received 28 Aug 202318 Fairfield Place Bothwell G71 8RP
Received 29 Aug 202341 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6HF
Received 29 Aug 2023Former University Of The West Of Scotland Bothwell Road/ Almada Street Hamilton
Received 25 Aug 202335 Dunscore Brae Hamilton ML3 9DH
Received 30 Aug 2023123 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 30 Aug 2023333A & 333B Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9HN
Received 30 Aug 202339 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JU
Received 30 Aug 2023Moatyett Farm Hawksland Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 30 Aug 2023Jackton Distillery Hayhill Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AN
Received 30 Aug 202310 Millburn Way East Kilbride G75 8EB
Received 30 Aug 202311 Glen Lyon East Kilbride G74 2JJ
Received 31 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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