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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.
19,224 approved · 661 refused · 1,351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Frederick Boulevard Thorntonhall G74 5DE
Received 30 Nov 20231 Sherbrooke Place East Kilbride G75 8SG
Received 30 Nov 202311 Fraser Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LG
Received 30 Nov 2023Lidl Whistleberry Road Blantyre G72 0TH
Received 30 Nov 20233 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 1 Dec 202312 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride G75 8YW
Received 1 Dec 202333 Smyllum Road Lanark ML11 7BZ
Received 1 Dec 202378 Wardlaw Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PY
Received 1 Dec 202362 Watson Street Larkhall ML9 1BT
Received 4 Dec 2023211 - 213 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HL
Received 4 Dec 202351 Corsehill Crescent Hamilton ML3 8FD
Received 4 Dec 20235 Chestnut Walk Strathaven ML10 6GY
Received 4 Dec 2023Overton Park Bowling Greens Overtoun Park Recreation Area Rodger Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Dec 202320 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 5 Dec 2023High Ferniegair House Riccarton Path Ferniegair ML3 7JS
Received 5 Dec 20236 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 7 Nov 20234 Stanley Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park G72 0BN
Received 5 Dec 2023Land At Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7NT
Received 5 Dec 2023Blackburn Mill Blackburnmill Highway Chapelton ML10 6RR
Received 5 Dec 2023Blackburn Mill Blackburnmill Highway Chapelton ML10 6RR
Received 5 Dec 2023Broken Cross Wind Farm Tower Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 6 Dec 202318 Drumsargard Road Rutherglen G73 5AJ
Received 7 Dec 2023Biggar And District Men's Shed School Road Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6RA
Received 30 Nov 2023Red Tree Magenta 270 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1UZ
Received 7 Dec 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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