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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.
19,038 approved · 654 refused · 1,326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 300M ESE Of Cloburn Farm Access From Perryflats To Cloburn Farm Carmichael Biggar
Received 2 Nov 2023Cairn Lodge Service Station Access From B7078 To Cairnlodge Services Douglas Lanark ML11 0RJ
Received 5 Nov 2023Libberton Mains Farm Biggar Road Libberton Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 6 Nov 202375 Main Street Bothwell G71 8ER
Received 6 Nov 202375 Main Street Bothwell G71 8ER
Received 6 Nov 202317 Kerr Street Blantyre G72 9AW
Received 6 Nov 2023Mill Rig Wind Farm Waterhead Peelhill And Linbank Highway Strathaven
Received 6 Nov 2023Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath ML11 8HS
Received 6 Nov 2023Land To East Of Redwood Drive Hairmyres East Kilbride G74 5PB
Received 3 Nov 2023Footbridge Over Railway Footpath From Eaglesham Road To Peel Park Place East Kilbride
Received 3 Nov 20236 Bowmanflat Larkhall ML9 1BG
Received 6 Nov 20232A Lake Avenue Lanark ML11 9BQ
Received 6 Nov 20235A Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 6 Nov 202329 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74 5QD
Received 6 Nov 20236 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen G73 3PE
Received 6 Nov 2023South Muirhead Farm Livery And Training Centre Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 7 Nov 202319 Oak Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GS
Received 8 Nov 202337 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LH
Received 8 Nov 2023258 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QD
Received 8 Nov 2023Clydegrove Cottage Clyde Grove Crossford Carluke ML8 5WN
Received 8 Nov 2023Leadhills Golf Course Horners Place Leadhills Biggar ML12 6XR
Received 8 Nov 2023177 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride G75 8EL
Received 9 Nov 2023Cairnburn Cottage Blackwood Estate Access for Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 9 Nov 2023East Mavisbrae Stonebyres Lanark
Received 9 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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