South Lanarkshire Council planning applications

Name: South Lanarkshire Council planning applications
Creator: PlanningLedger

Data as of 5 November 2026

South Lanarkshire Council decided more than 1,100 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 6% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 59 days to decide one.

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Recent major decisions

29 October 2026 · Approved

Extension to existing quarry to extract sand and gravel using existing access with associated progressive restoration

Land 215M Northwest Of Woodside Cottage A70 From Carstairs To Carnwath Carstairs Junction Lanark · P/24/1085
31 August 2026 · Approved

Extension of existing beverage production facility including several building extensions and alterations, the erection of storage facilities, new security pods, and other associated works

52 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5DJ · P/26/0604
14 August 2026 · Refused

Erection of 224 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping (Application under Section 75A of the Act to modify planning obligations for P/23/0293 to remove affordable…

Land 350M Southeast Of Wellburn Farm Strathaven Road Lesmahagow Lanark · P/26/0407
7 August 2026 · Approved

Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of site to provide a mixed use development comprising employment units, hotel, cinema, food retail, non food retail and…

Land Adjacent Duchess Place And Cunninghame Road Rutherglen G73 1PP · P/26/0447

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from South Lanarkshire Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided	more than 1,100
Share refusedof those approved or refused	6%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date	59 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings	4%of more than 470 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years	73
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits	33%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable	back to 2017
Local Plan policies held	2plan adopted 2021

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.

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South Lanarkshire Council planning applications

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