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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.
18,982 approved · 652 refused · 1,324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Alloway Crescent Rutherglen G73 4PU
Received 27 Oct 20235 Springburn Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NU
Received 27 Oct 2023Mid Lodge Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 27 Oct 20231 Blair Atholl Drive Larkhall ML9 2SJ
Received 27 Oct 2023Vacant Land At Ladyacre Road Lanark ML11 7LQ
Received 27 Oct 2023Vacant Land At Ladyacre Road Lanark ML11 7LQ
Received 27 Oct 20233 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 30 Oct 202324 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 30 Oct 2023243 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1SU
Received 30 Oct 2023Land 550M Northwest Of Dykend House Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 30 Oct 202344 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 31 Oct 20233 Quebec Green East Kilbride G75 8SF
Received 31 Oct 20230-2 183 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QR
Received 31 Oct 202357 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 31 Oct 20236 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 31 Oct 2023Land Between Bystone Cottage And White Gables Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 1 Nov 2023East Kilbride Railway Station Torrance Road East Kilbride
Received 25 Oct 20235 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 1 Nov 2023Land 32M West Of Rowhead Court Rowhead Terrace Biggar ML12 6DU
Received 1 Nov 202343 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang G72 8BD
Received 1 Nov 2023Braehead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 1 Nov 202310 Neilly Place Strathaven ML10 6YW
Received 2 Nov 2023Land 475M Southeast Of Cobblehaugh Farm Cottage Cobblehaugh Road Lanark
Received 2 Nov 202347 Brora Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LF
Received 2 Nov 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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