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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.
18,751 approved · 643 refused · 1,294 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Shearer Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FX
Received 25 Sept 202345 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7UZ
Received 25 Sept 2023Crossford House Access for Stonebyres Holdings From A72 To B7018 And B7086 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 26 Sept 2023Blackburn Mill Blackburnmill Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 26 Sept 2023Duneaton House Church Lane Wiston Biggar ML12 6GA
Received 26 Sept 20235 Ravenswood Road Strathaven ML10 6JB
Received 26 Sept 202315 Windmill Road Hamilton ML3 6LX
Received 26 Sept 202339 Scalloway Road Cambuslang G72 8QF
Received 26 Sept 2023Land 155M North Of 1A Clyde Gateway Trade Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Sept 202322 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TS
Received 27 Sept 20233 - 11 The Murray Square East Kilbride G75 0BH
Received 27 Sept 202319 Craigbank Road Larkhall ML9 1QF
Received 27 Sept 202338 Castlefern Road Rutherglen G73 4AX
Received 27 Sept 202320 Montgomery Street Larkhall ML9 2AA
Received 27 Sept 2023Land 85M South Of Red Moss Garage B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 19 Sept 202310 Merrick Gardens Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XS
Received 27 Sept 2023Old Greentowers Farm Green Towers Road Lanark ML11 7RB
Received 27 Sept 20238 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BU
Received 27 Sept 202312 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7WQ
Received 27 Sept 202310 Westercrofts Gardens Biggar ML12 6EA
Received 27 Sept 2023143 Warwick East Kilbride G74 3PZ
Received 27 Sept 2023Swinhill Farm Cottage Swinhill Road Birkenshaw Larkhall ML9 2TX
Received 28 Sept 2023Larkfield Neighbourhood Hall Broompark Road Blantyre G72 9XB
Received 22 Sept 2023Telecommunications Mast Waygateshawhead Farm Carluke
Received 28 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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