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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.
19,138 approved · 657 refused · 1,339 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AP
Received 15 Nov 2023Procast Building Contractors Hapenton Nursery 290 Strathaven Road Limekilnburn Hamilton ML3 7XW
Received 15 Nov 202319 Woodview Terrace Hamilton ML3 9DP
Received 16 Nov 2023Land 275M North Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow
Received 16 Nov 20232 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride G75 0TY
Received 16 Nov 2023Blaes Pitch Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6EN
Received 31 Oct 2023Blaes Pitch Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6EN
Received 31 Oct 20231 Lawmuir Road Law Carluke ML8 5JB
Received 17 Nov 2023Unit 3B Block 3 West Ave Blantyre G72 0UZ
Received 17 Nov 2023Draghail School Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 17 Nov 2023Newhouse Of Jackton Jackton Road Jackton G75 8RR
Received 17 Nov 2023Newhouse Of Jackton Jackton Road Jackton G75 8RR
Received 17 Nov 202316 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JW
Received 17 Nov 2023Units 3 - 12 Shawlands Crescent Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2PH
Received 20 Nov 202317 High Pleasance Larkhall ML9 2HJ
Received 21 Nov 202327 Myrtle Street Blantyre G72 9DS
Received 21 Nov 202331 Laighlands Road Bothwell G71 8AL
Received 21 Nov 202343 Buttercup Crescent Cambuslang G72 6AG
Received 22 Nov 202347 Millheugh Place Blantyre G72 0HG
Received 22 Nov 2023Mid Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 0QQ
Received 22 Nov 2023Langlands West Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 23 Nov 20233 Baird Gait Cambuslang G72 8SS
Received 23 Nov 2023Larkhall Library - Former Muir Street Larkhall ML9 2BZ
Received 23 Nov 202315 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7ND
Received 24 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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