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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 dates32,558Searchable applications
362Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 29,488 approved or refused records
1,143Refused applications
28,345 approved · 1,143 refused · 2,100 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jul 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/26/0718
Erection of an single storey ancillary outbuilding (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
4 Corsock Avenue Hamilton ML3 9DG
Received 10 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0719
Erection of single story front extension
High Unthank Farm Lethame Highway Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0721
Proposed single storey side extension to detached dwelling
24B Fairfield Place Bothwell G71 8RP
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0722
Installation of electrical substation and associated infrastructure for residential development
Carnegie Hill East Kilbride G75 0AH
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0723
Use of dwellinghouse as B&B (2 bedrooms for short-term let)(certificate of lawfulness)
Winston House Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0724
Formation of a forestry private road (prior notification (class 22))
Dungavel Forest Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 11 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0728
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Land South Of 37 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RG
Received 12 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0729
Erection of single-storey side extension
21 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride G74 4TN
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0730
Retention of marquee adjacent to hotel premises to be used for laser tag
Shieldhill Castle Hotel Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 12 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0731
Erection of single storey extension to lounge/changing room
Rutherglen Glencairn Football Club Toryglen Road Rutherglen G73 1JH
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0732
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Thornhill Farm Thorn Road Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Tree Works approvedP/26/0734
The Crown lifting of 1x Lawson cypress tree, and the Crown lifting of 1x Willow tree - Tree works (in conservation area)
30 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0735
Display of an internally illuminated free standing totem pole sign, display of four externally illuminated post signs, display of one wall mounted welcome sign and display of two externally illuminated advertisements rendered to the building
Harvester Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8LW
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0736
Proposed conservatory and patio to the rear of the dwelling house
1 Friarsdene Lanark ML11 9EJ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0737
Formation of a forestry private road (prior notification (class 22))
Auchrobert Forest Auchrobert Road Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 15 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0738
Erection of 4 one and a half storey detached dwellinghouses - Further Application Under Regulation 11 for changes to house designs on Plots 1,2, and 3 and repositioning of driveways approved under application P/23/0447.
Land 50M East Of 10 Woodhall Road Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NF
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0739
Installation of an ATM with associated alterations
80 Muir Street Larkhall ML9 2BZ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0740
Erection and display of an illuminated signage associated with ATM
80 Muir Street Larkhall ML9 2BZ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0741
Erection of single-storey extension at rear of dwellinghouse (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
51 Spruce Drive Cambuslang G72 7FW
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0742
Installation of new glazed door to the rear
3 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TE
Received 15 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0743
Erection of single storey side and rear extension, conversion of integral garage to habitable room and erection of garden store building.
72 Wakefield Avenue East Kilbride G75 8HG
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0746
Formation of rear dormer window.
12 Southern Avenue Rutherglen G73 4JN
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Tree Works approvedP/26/0747
Felling of a Plum tree within the conservation area
7 Belmont Avenue Uddingston G71 7AX
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0748
Erection of two-storey side extension and single-storey rear extension with associated decking
41 Grenville Drive Cambuslang G72 8DW
Received 16 Jun 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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