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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
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
22,627 approved · 813 refused · 1,738 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2007 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land 60M West Of Unit A Stroud Trade Park Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 20 Jan 2025Easter Yardhouses Farm Easter Yardhouses Road Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 20 Jan 202529 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 21 Jan 202541 Hospitland Drive Lanark ML11 7EH
Received 21 Jan 2025Land 275M North Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JU
Received 21 Jan 2025Land 75M North Of Hardacres Bellefield Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 21 Jan 2025Land 60M Southwest Of Beechwood Grange Beechwood Lea Thorntonhall
Received 21 Jan 2025Newtonside Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 22 Jan 20251 Quarry Bridge Apartments 140 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QS
Received 22 Jan 2025162 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DB
Received 22 Jan 202519 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 22 Jan 202512 Melbourne Green East Kilbride G75 8DX
Received 22 Jan 202518 Chantinghall Road Hamilton ML3 8NP
Received 22 Jan 2025Greenaton Farm Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LQ
Received 22 Jan 20251 Duncansby Drive Blantyre G72 0GH
Received 23 Jan 2025Land 275M North Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JU
Received 23 Jan 2025Land 425M WNW Of Braeview Brownlee Road Law Carluke
Received 22 Jan 202537 Glen Mark East Kilbride G74 3UT
Received 24 Jan 2025Land 490M Southeast Of Marchburn Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9JA
Received 24 Jan 202518 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 24 Jan 202529 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RD
Received 24 Jan 2025Bothwellpark House Bothwellpark Road Bothwell G71 8AH
Received 24 Jan 202520 Rees Way Strathaven ML10 6GR
Received 24 Jan 2025Trickle Trout Highflatt Road Clarkston G76 9EY
Received 24 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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