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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
23,091 approved · 844 refused · 1,772 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
23 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Land At 2 Montgomery Place Cambuslang G72 7UZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Carmyle Viaduct Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7NA
Received 26 Feb 2025Hallhill Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TS
Received 25 Feb 2025Plot 7E, Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride G75 0YF
Received 26 Feb 2025Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 26 Feb 2025Land 450M Northeast Of Auchentibber Farm Layby From B7076 To Termination At Rail Bridge Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Feb 2025Meadowhead Farm Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PT
Received 27 Feb 20252 Edward Street Hamilton ML3 6PW
Received 27 Feb 2025Tennis Pavilion Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park Lawrie Street Stonehouse ML9 3LN
Received 27 Feb 2025172 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DX
Received 27 Feb 202520 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 27 Feb 2025Site Of Former 66 Brown Street Brown Street Carluke
Received 28 Feb 202511 Larchfield Drive Rutherglen G73 4HA
Received 28 Feb 202511 Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 28 Feb 2025Folkerton Mill Tower Road Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 28 Feb 2025Folkerton Mill Tower Road Douglas ML11 9PB
Received 28 Feb 2025Plot 11 Land 140M North Of 5 Clyde Grove Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5WN
Received 28 Feb 202552 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FH
Received 28 Feb 20252 Westraw Steading Glentisset Road Pettinain ML11 8SL
Received 28 Feb 20257 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 28 Feb 20257 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 28 Feb 20256 Waverley Street Larkhall ML9 1PY
Received 3 Mar 202551 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 3 Mar 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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