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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.
18,902 approved · 650 refused · 1,309 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Woodhead Drive Bothwell G71 8AF
Received 12 Oct 2023Cunninghame Road Rutherglen G73 1PP
Received 12 Oct 2023Church Of Christ Scholars Gate East Kilbride G75 9JL
Received 12 Oct 2023Land To Southeast Of Valleyview Cottage Oldhill Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 12 Oct 20233 Deneburn Access From B7040 To Deneburn Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YG
Received 12 Oct 2023South Lodge Smyllum Crossing Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7RY
Received 12 Oct 2023Plots 169 To 172 Balgray Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 12 Oct 202329 Vicarland Road Cambuslang G72 8LL
Received 13 Oct 2023261 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0NQ
Received 13 Oct 2023Uddingston Station Station Road Uddingston G71 7BS
Received 27 Sept 2023South Brownhill Farm High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 13 Oct 2023The Robertson Arms Hotel 12 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JZ
Received 13 Oct 202395 Brownlee Road Law Carluke ML8 5JD
Received 13 Oct 202396 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 13 Oct 20233 Strathallan Gate East Kilbride G75 8GW
Received 13 Oct 2023Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse ML9 3PR
Received 16 Oct 202336 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NB
Received 16 Oct 2023Wee Westlinbank Farm C133 Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 16 Oct 20236 Murdoch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8WP
Received 16 Oct 2023Kype Muir Wind Farm Kype Highway Strathaven
Received 16 Oct 2023127 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 10 Oct 2023Land 490M Southeast Of Marchburn Lanark Road Lanark
Received 17 Oct 2023Dalpark Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QF
Received 17 Oct 20238 Flinders Way Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GE
Received 17 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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