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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.
18,940 approved · 652 refused · 1,316 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Beauly Avenue Strathaven ML10 6FE
Received 18 Oct 2023240 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UZ
Received 18 Oct 20231 Falconers Lane Cleghorn Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 8FS
Received 18 Oct 2023Cadzow Bing Off Cadzow Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 7QU
Received 19 Oct 20237 Baird Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FD
Received 19 Oct 202346 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 19 Oct 2023Chatelherault House Chatelherault Country Park Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UE
Received 20 Oct 2023211 - 213 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HL
Received 20 Oct 202367 Pine Crescent Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 8TZ
Received 20 Oct 202355 Baillie Drive East Kilbride G74 3LA
Received 23 Oct 202318 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AJ
Received 23 Oct 2023The Bothy Gallowhill Lesmahagow Road Strathaven ML10 6BZ
Received 23 Oct 20232 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang G72 8EE
Received 23 Oct 20238 Kairnhill Court Lanark ML11 9HU
Received 23 Oct 202324 Forrest Gate Hamilton ML3 8LB
Received 24 Oct 20237 Campbell Close Hamilton ML3 6BF
Received 24 Oct 2023Land 48M South Of 18 Brownside Road Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 24 Oct 2023Plot 3 Land 45M West Of 37 Merlewood Avenue Merlewood Avenue Bothwell G71 8BD
Received 25 Oct 20235 Elliot Place Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3EW
Received 25 Oct 2023Loanhead Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 25 Oct 202334 Abbotsford Road Hamilton ML3 0PN
Received 26 Oct 202338 Abbotsford Road Hamilton ML3 0PN
Received 26 Oct 202386 Tasman Drive East Kilbride G75 8ET
Received 26 Oct 20235 Broomieknowe Gardens Rutherglen G73 3QA
Received 26 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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