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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.
18,855 approved · 648 refused · 1,303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen G73 4EY
Received 4 Oct 20233 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DD
Received 4 Oct 2023The Blantyre Vics Forrest Street Blantyre G72 0JL
Received 5 Oct 202355 Glen Lethnot East Kilbride G74 3UZ
Received 5 Oct 202383 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AG
Received 5 Oct 2023Ballgreen Hall Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 5 Oct 2023Land 85M Southwest Of Spittal Farm Spittal Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8PY
Received 6 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To Stonefield Road And Larkfield Neighbourhood Hall Blantyre
Received 9 Oct 202323 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HE
Received 9 Oct 2023Duneaton Quarry B7078 From Millbank To Abington Int Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 9 Oct 202346 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6HF
Received 9 Oct 2023Little Scholars Nursery Scholars Gate East Kilbride G75 9DN
Received 9 Oct 20234 Pierowall Court Strathaven ML10 6FR
Received 10 Oct 2023Shawfield Stadium Rutherglen Road Rutherglen G73 1SZ
Received 4 Oct 2023Land 60M Northeast Of Woodside Cottage Muirhouse Biggar Road Libberton Lanark
Received 10 Oct 202332 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0JZ
Received 11 Oct 202365 - 69 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 11 Oct 2023108 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EJ
Received 11 Oct 202342 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7JQ
Received 11 Oct 202387 - 89 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EP
Received 11 Oct 202387 - 89 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EP
Received 11 Oct 202319 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston G71 7BH
Received 11 Oct 2023Land 1.5km SSW Of East Merkland Farm High Kype Road Strathaven
Received 5 Oct 202350 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AJ
Received 12 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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