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South Lanarkshire planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates31,338Searchable applications
362Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 28,325 approved or refused records
1,087Refused applications
27,238 approved · 1,087 refused · 2,044 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 2006 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building standardsContact planning Property enquiry certificatesConservation areas Built heritage, conservation and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03031231015Council source
- Planning enquiries08000778778Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@southlanarkshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas30 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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.
More application records
- DecidedP/26/0292
Demolition of rear sunroom and internal walls. Erection of replacement rear sunroom. Internal alterations and associated alterations. (Listed Building application)
Quothquan Lodge Libberton Muir Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NB
Received 5 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0293
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Planning Permission in Principle)
Hollybank Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LU
Received 5 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0294
Formation of window opening and replacement double doors on the rear elevation of the dwellinghouse. (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
37 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LL
Received 5 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0295
Installation of a 100m tall meteorological mast and associated works
Land 1.6km ENE Of Wintercleugh House Daer Water Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 5 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0296
Placement of an ancillary shipping container to be used as a private office (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
17 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AA
Received 5 Mar 2026 - RegisteredCGA/26/0002
Common Good Consultation: Request to sell 24 square metres of land at Back Row, Hamilton. Land currently forms part of an existing car park for the office development at 82 Muir Street, Hamilton, ML3 6BJ.
Back Row At 82 Muir Street, Hamilton, ML3 6BJ
Received 6 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0298
Installation of temporary accommodation for farm workers
Greenaton Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LQ
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0299
Erection of five dwellinghouses, formation of access road and associated landscaping works and ancillary development
Cottage Grove 83 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AG
Received 6 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0300
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Middle House Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 6 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0302
Sub-division of garden ground, erection of two storey dwellinghouse and formation of new access to existing dwellinghouse (Renewal of planning consent P/23/0327)
Killara 18 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AR
Received 5 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0303
Erection of single storey rear extension
37 Glenfinnan Wynd Hamilton ML3 8QS
Received 9 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0304
Removal of existing sunroom and erection of new single storey sunroom
22 Cameron Way Blantyre G72 9DF
Received 9 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0306
Erection of second storey rear extension
44 Townhead Street Stonehouse ML9 3EL
Received 10 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0308
Use of children's nursery as spa facility for existing hotel (Class 7) and associated internal and external alterations and seating area (Application under Section 42 of the Act to remove condition 02 of P/25/1212 to restrict use of spa to hotel patrons).
Crossbasket Nursery School Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 10 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0310
Proposed cattle shed including feed silo, slurry tank and associated ground works
Kittymuir Farm Millheugh Road Hamilton ML3 7XN
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0314
Erection of dwellinghouse with access, detached garage and associated works
Plot 1 Land 45M West Of 37 Merlewood Avenue Merlewood Avenue Bothwell
Received 10 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0317
Erection of vehicle garage for adjacent dwellinghouse
North Lodge Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 11 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0318
Erection of detached ancillary building (Retrospective)
12 Birch Close Cambuslang G72 7LU
Received 11 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0319
Erection of two-storey front extension
7 Glen Bervie East Kilbride G74 3ST
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Tree Works approvedP/26/0320
Felling of one sycamore tree located within a conservation area
2 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0321
Change of use of open space to yard space
Dunsmore Brothers Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 3AB
Received 12 Mar 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0322
Erection of extension to existing boxing gym to create additional storey, alterations to building by fully cladding elevations and erection of outbuilding
233 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QN
Received 12 Mar 2026 - DecidedP/26/0323
Residential development with associated infrastructure, roads and landscaping (Screening Opinion request)
Land To North Of Whistleberry Road Blantyre ML3 0HP
Received 11 Mar 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0324
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility and associated infrastructure
Land 190M Northwest Of 3 Leadhills Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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