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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.
18,653 approved · 643 refused · 1,280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor Flat Hayhill House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 7 Sept 202341 Ardlui Gardens Hamilton ML3 8QJ
Received 8 Sept 20233 Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 8 Sept 2023Unit 4 1 Technology Avenue Hamilton International Tech Park Glasgow G72 0HT
Received 8 Sept 202338 Barbana Road East Kilbride G74 5DX
Received 8 Sept 20233 Curlingmire East Kilbride G75 0NH
Received 11 Sept 202356 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 11 Sept 2023Hollybraes Stables East Cathkin Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 11 Sept 202320 Viscount Gate Bothwell G71 8SR
Received 11 Sept 2023Lammerlaw Farm Cottage Coldpots Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RA
Received 11 Sept 2023108 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EJ
Received 11 Sept 20230-1 16 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RL
Received 11 Sept 20231 Coalburn Park Uddingston G71 7FG
Received 12 Sept 202329 Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 13 Sept 2023Biggar Park House Biggar Park Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6JS
Received 13 Sept 202355 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PR
Received 14 Sept 20236 Larch Grove Hamilton ML3 7NF
Received 14 Sept 202310 St Lukes Avenue Carluke ML8 5AT
Received 14 Sept 202319 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 15 Sept 2023Loanhead Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 15 Sept 202321 Burleigh Gardens Cambuslang G72 8ZD
Received 15 Sept 202322 Southhill Avenue Rutherglen G73 3TB
Received 18 Sept 2023East Kilbride Community Growth Area Land Accessed Off Newhouse Road To South Of Annan Avenue
Received 18 Sept 20231 Blacklands Road East Kilbride G74 1BE
Received 18 Sept 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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