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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.
18,804 approved · 645 refused · 1,299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 125M Northwest Of East Kilbride 275kV Grid Substation Highflatt Road Clarkston Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 26 Sept 202355 Fairlie East Kilbride G74 4SF
Received 28 Sept 202321 Plantation Grove Cambuslang G72 6PD
Received 28 Sept 20233 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AB
Received 28 Sept 202325 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6AD
Received 29 Sept 20235 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 29 Sept 2023170 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AF
Received 29 Sept 202322 Clover Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AD
Received 29 Sept 20233 Smiths Lane Strathaven ML10 6YY
Received 2 Oct 202353 Chalmers Drive East Kilbride G75 0NY
Received 2 Oct 202355 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0BB
Received 2 Oct 20236 Halkirk Gate Blantyre G72 0GG
Received 2 Oct 2023Flat 8 56 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JS
Received 2 Oct 2023East Of Hyndford Road Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 8SQ
Received 25 Sept 20236 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 3 Oct 202321 Wheatsheaf Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WJ
Received 4 Oct 202326 Morland East Kilbride G74 3PH
Received 4 Oct 2023Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 4 Oct 2023Letham Cottage - Ruin Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6WS
Received 4 Oct 2023Land 36M Southwest Of 139 Southfield Road Southfield Road Blackwood Lanark
Received 4 Oct 20232 Barn Street Mews Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6YT
Received 4 Oct 2023Carrigans 360 Main Street Blantyre G72 9TD
Received 4 Oct 2023Smiddy Cottage Yieldshields Dyke Road Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 4 Oct 202334 Stuart Drive Lanark ML11 7HF
Received 4 Oct 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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