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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.
18,699 approved · 643 refused · 1,288 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JA
Received 18 Sept 20236 Priory Street Blantyre G72 0AY
Received 18 Sept 202317 Crosskirk Crescent Strathaven ML10 6FG
Received 18 Sept 202331 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 18 Sept 20236 Ridgepark Drive Lanark ML11 7PG
Received 18 Sept 20235 Oaklea Crescent Blantyre G72 9PX
Received 19 Sept 202323 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 19 Sept 20232 Corrie Gardens East Kilbride G75 9NL
Received 20 Sept 20239 Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 20 Sept 2023New Southcroft Park Toryglen Road Rutherglen G73 1JH
Received 20 Sept 20237A Mansion Court Cambuslang G72 7JL
Received 20 Sept 2023Land Southeast Side Of Seath Road Rutherglen G73 1RW
Received 20 Sept 2023David Milne Centre Old Mill Road Uddingston G71 7PF
Received 18 Sept 202325 Birch Grove Cambuslang G72 7LW
Received 22 Sept 20239 Carnoustie Court Bothwell G71 8UB
Received 22 Sept 2023Whitecraigs Farm Whitecraigs Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 20 Sept 20235 St Bryde Street East Kilbride G74 4HQ
Received 22 Sept 2023Flat A The Auld Coachworks 88 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RP
Received 22 Sept 2023Flat C The Auld Coachworks 88 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RP
Received 22 Sept 2023Flat D The Auld Coachworks 88 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RP
Received 22 Sept 20231 Redwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 5PE
Received 22 Sept 20237 Marlage Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall ML9 3DJ
Received 24 Sept 20230-2 3 Arran Terrace Rutherglen G73 4PD
Received 25 Sept 202320 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 25 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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