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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23,091 approved · 844 refused · 1,772 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Orchardville Lanark Road Hazelbank Lanark ML11 9XL
Received 3 Mar 2025Cloich Forest Wind Farm
Received 27 Feb 2025Land 58M East Of Communications Station Layby From B7076 To Termination At Rail Bridge Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 28 Feb 2025Land 135M ENE Of Cambuslang Asset Resource Centre Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Feb 202514 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell G71 8SB
Received 3 Mar 202560 Elphinstone Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PN
Received 3 Mar 202513 Shawgill Court Law Carluke ML8 5SJ
Received 4 Mar 2025144 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3ST
Received 4 Mar 2025Kingdom Park Homes Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 4 Mar 20256 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 5 Mar 2025129 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 5 Mar 20256 Orchard Gardens Strathaven ML10 6UN
Received 5 Mar 2025Sanmex Buildings Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1NY
Received 5 Mar 20251 Langdykeside Lesmahagow ML11 0EY
Received 5 Mar 2025204 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9NS
Received 6 Mar 202511 Craig Place Law Carluke ML8 5GA
Received 6 Mar 2025Land 400M South Of Dillars Corner Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PG
Received 6 Mar 202542 Pine Court East Kilbride G75 9HA
Received 6 Mar 202546 Huntly Gardens Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 6 Mar 202530 Carnwath Road Braehead Lanark ML11 8EY
Received 7 Mar 2025The Millcroft 24 Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2NA
Received 7 Mar 2025Dykehead Farm Bellscroft Road Boghead ML11 0JQ
Received 7 Mar 2025The Garage 7 Sidehead Holdings Sidehead Road Stonehouse ML9 3EU
Received 10 Mar 2025Hagshaw Long Duration Electricity Storage And Land At The M74 Heat And Power Park (now Known As Conexus West) West Of Junction 11 Of The M74 Coalburn ML11 0RL
Received 7 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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