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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.
19,874 approved · 683 refused · 1,442 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2008 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knowetop Farm Sandford Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PB
Received 1 Mar 202417 Potrail Place Hamilton ML3 9JY
Received 1 Mar 20243 Thorn Drive Rutherglen G73 4RH
Received 1 Mar 202419 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NP
Received 4 Mar 202418 Hill Road Stonehouse ML9 3EA
Received 4 Mar 2024Land 68M Southeast Of 21 Braidwood Road Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke
Received 4 Mar 202421 Strathrannoch Way East Kilbride G75 8GG
Received 4 Mar 2024Land 45M East Of 91 Manse Road Manse Road Forth Lanark
Received 4 Mar 202422 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 4 Mar 2024Shawfield Stadium Rutherglen Road Rutherglen G73 1SZ
Received 4 Mar 202433 Miller Street Hamilton ML3 7EW
Received 4 Mar 202466 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre G72 9NX
Received 4 Mar 2024232 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JD
Received 4 Mar 202437 Windsor Gardens Hamilton ML3 0NJ
Received 4 Mar 202417 Dalwhinnie Avenue Blantyre G72 9NQ
Received 5 Mar 2024115 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PH
Received 5 Mar 202416 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang G72 7AF
Received 28 Feb 2024Tesco St Leonards Square East Kilbride G74 2AU
Received 5 Mar 20241 Grange Gardens Bothwell G71 8SD
Received 5 Mar 202427 Chestnut Grove Larkhall ML9 2AS
Received 5 Mar 202420 Highbury Grove East Kilbride G75 7BJ
Received 5 Mar 2024Meadowhead Farm Meadowhead Highway East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 5 Mar 2024The Bothy Wester Yardhouses Farm Wester Yardhouses Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 5 Mar 2024Common Hill Woods B740 From Crawfordjohn B7078 Towards Sanquhar Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 5 Mar 2024Records 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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