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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.
18,607 approved · 642 refused · 1,277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
David Lloyd Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6BY
Received 31 Aug 2023Highflat Farm Highflatt Road Clarkston G76 9EU
Received 1 Sept 2023Crookedstane Wind Farm Access From B7076 To Crookedstane Farm Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 21 Jun 2023Lion Hill Wind Farm Daer Water Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 21 Jun 2023Greenhill Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QT
Received 4 Sept 2023Freshwinds Newton Highway Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 4 Sept 202317A Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 4 Sept 2023Mid Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 0QQ
Received 4 Sept 2023146 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AF
Received 4 Sept 2023Taradale 1 Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SS
Received 4 Sept 202390 Carlyle Drive East Kilbride G74 3EP
Received 5 Sept 20233 Quebec Green East Kilbride G75 8SF
Received 5 Sept 20237 Lochbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5QL
Received 6 Sept 202343 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 6 Sept 202329 Glebe Street Hamilton ML3 6PR
Received 6 Sept 2023Land 53M South Of Unit 1 Caledonia Place Station Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 1 Sept 202365 Priory Crescent Blackwood ML11 9GZ
Received 6 Sept 202335B Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JZ
Received 7 Sept 2023143 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AE
Received 7 Sept 2023Crookedstane Wind Farm Access From B7076 To Crookedstane Farm Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 21 Jun 202321 Kirktonholme Road East Kilbride G74 1AT
Received 7 Sept 202318 Market Road Carluke ML8 4BL
Received 7 Sept 2023Land 68M Southeast Of 21 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 7 Sept 2023Lion Hill Wind Farm Daer Water Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 21 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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