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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.
19,317 approved · 664 refused · 1,364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Brackenridge Farm Breckonridge Highway Strathaven ML10 6QB
Received 8 Dec 202325 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride G75 8YH
Received 13 Dec 20231 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BU
Received 13 Dec 2023Eddlewood Park Queens Drive Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Dec 202310 Byretown Grove Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9NY
Received 13 Dec 202317 Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 14 Dec 2023Kirkton House Braehead Blantyre G72 0EZ
Received 14 Dec 202344 John Street Blantyre G72 0JF
Received 14 Dec 202354 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TS
Received 15 Dec 20239 York Drive Rutherglen G73 5AR
Received 15 Dec 20233 Alston Street Glassford ML10 6TG
Received 15 Dec 202360 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5DX
Received 15 Dec 2023Earnock Service Station 105 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9UE
Received 15 Dec 2023Plot 1 Land 90 M Southwest Of Hayhill House Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 15 Dec 202328 Dalrymple Drive East Kilbride G74 4LF
Received 15 Dec 2023Crutherland Farm East Kilbride G75 0QJ
Received 13 Dec 20231 Ashmore Avenue Blackwood ML11 9GJ
Received 15 Dec 2023Newton Farm POD 2F - Taylor Wimpey Harvester Avenue Cambuslang
Received 15 Dec 2023100 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AE
Received 15 Dec 20234 Hunters Crescent East Kilbride G74 3HY
Received 18 Dec 202327 Bowmore Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5DD
Received 18 Dec 2023100 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 18 Dec 2023100 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 18 Dec 2023Plot 2 Land 65M NNE Of Devonshaw Millrig Road Wiston Biggar ML12 6WJ
Received 18 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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