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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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28,345 approved · 1,143 refused · 2,100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- RegisteredP/26/0750
Erection of warehouse building comprising of 3 industrial/commercial units (Classes 4, 5 and 6) with ancillary trade/retail counters, formation of new vehicular access, car park, landscaping, and associated works
Land 44M West Of 5 Wilson Place Wilson Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0751
Installation of roof-mounted solar PV panels (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
3 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5DH
Received 16 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0752
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (planning permission in principle)
8 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell G71 8AR
Received 16 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0755
Erection of 2m high boundary fence, and erection of ancillary vehicle garage within the extended residential curtilage with associated access.
19 Albert Park Braidwood Carluke ML8 4RZ
Received 16 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0758
Demolition of disused farm slurry tank and erection of a dwellinghouse and associated works
Land 50M South Of Kintyre Ampherlaw Westsidewood Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0760
Proposed alterations to veterinary surgery and associated outbuilding
4 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0761
Installation of 50KW (ground mounted) solar array, 100KW battery storage system with associated infrastructure for on-site energy supply.
Collierhall Farm Collierhall Road Douglas Water Lanark ML11 9TU
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0762
Erection of 20-metre-high mast and associated ancillary works (Prior Notification)
Land 47M North Of 5 Vicarland Road Vicarland Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0763
Internal alterations to dwelling and installation of four windows (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
Kittochside House Kittochside Road East Kilbride G76 9ES
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0764
Demolition of existing extension and erection of replacement single-storey extension at rear of dwellinghouse
8 Lowrie Place Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0766
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Planning Permission in Principle CR/12/0099 for the erection of a Class 4 Office and Laboratory building with associated external store, access, parking and landscaping
Land 80M East Of 270 Glasgow Road Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0767
Installation of raised decking at rear of dwellinghouse and installation of rooflight (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
25 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6EB
Received 18 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0768
Erection of single storey side extension with association alterations
Auldtoon Cottage Access From A702 To Craighead Hill Abington Biggar ML12 6SE
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decisionP/26/0771
Change of use of Office/Business premises (Class 4) to a self-storage facility (Class 6), with associated external and internal downtaking alterations to the building.
Former Scottish Fire And Rescue Office Premises 99 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0EA
Received 19 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0033/V
Non-material vaiation to P/25/0329 (Change of use from public house (sui generis) to Class 1A (shops and financial, professional, and other services) and associated alterations, demolition of garage, formation of shared car park to rear and formation of outdoor amenity space for upper floor residential flats) to alter internal layout and external openings and install accessible external ramps.
West End Bar 493 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9HP
Received 19 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0773
Formation of 2 car parks and installation of solar panels (retrospective)
QTS Group Rench Farm C137 Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 19 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0774
Erection of detached double garage
Land Adjacent To 20 Avon Street Larkhall ML9 1AT
Received 19 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0775
Erection of a 1.5 storey side extension and associated alterations
Muirhouse Farm Cottage Shodshill Road Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 22 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0776
Erection of residential development comprising 52 dwellinghouses, formation of vehicular access, internal road network, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works
Land 165M Southwest Of South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Stonehouse Strathaven Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0781
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated external alterations
4 Upper Ell Gate Cambuslang G72 8ZL
Received 23 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0782
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a double garage with ancillary accommodation above and a timber boundary fence
Tarvit The Glebe Bothwell G71 8AE
Received 23 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0783
Erection of single-storey rear extension, the formation of front dormer and rear dormer
32 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NB
Received 24 Jun 2026 - DecidedP/26/0784
Installation of new patio door to the rear (Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed)
24 Lendal Place East Kilbride G75 8JU
Received 24 Jun 2026 - RegisteredP/26/0786
Erection of 3no. dwellinghouses and associated works
Land 45M Northeast Of 17 Waterlands Road Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 24 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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