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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.
19,087 approved · 654 refused · 1,331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clannalba House A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Lamington Biggar ML12 6HP
Received 3 Nov 2023Hartisford Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 10 Nov 20231 Southfield Close Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Auchenblae Newbigging Road Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NQ
Received 13 Nov 20231 Gainerhill Cottage Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 13 Nov 202339 Corsehill Crescent Hamilton ML3 8FD
Received 13 Nov 2023Carnoustie 8 Church Street Uddingston G71 7PT
Received 13 Nov 202310 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 13 Nov 202337 High Meadow Carluke ML8 4PT
Received 13 Nov 202310 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 13 Nov 202310 Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QB
Received 14 Nov 2023125 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 14 Nov 2023Site Of Former 1 Croftbank Crescent Bothwell G71 8FR
Received 14 Nov 2023Hill O'birches Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall G74 5AD
Received 14 Nov 202324 - 26 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 14 Nov 202324 - 26 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 14 Nov 202313 Newhouse Court Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QS
Received 14 Nov 20232 Thorntree Way Bothwell G71 8QN
Received 14 Nov 2023Land 490M Southeast Of Marchburn Lanark Road Lanark
Received 14 Nov 20231-1 11 Knightswood Terrace Blantyre G72 9BQ
Received 14 Nov 2023Hazeldean House Foulmyres Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PB
Received 14 Nov 2023Bow Butts Waterhead Peelhill Highway Between A71 And B743 Gilmourton Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 15 Nov 20237 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 15 Nov 2023Milton View Waygateshaw Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PX
Received 15 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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