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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
23,573 approved · 863 refused · 1,814 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Aug 2007 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Kirkton Road Cambuslang G72 8LF
Received 21 Apr 202510 Harlequin Court Hamilton ML3 8SW
Received 21 Apr 20251B Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 21 Apr 2025Alan's Bar 10 - 12 Mcneil Street Larkhall ML9 1ER
Received 22 Apr 20256 Bowmanflat Larkhall ML9 1BG
Received 22 Apr 202525 Philips Walk Hamilton ML3 8PL
Received 22 Apr 202537 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen G73 3LH
Received 17 Apr 2025Hillcrest Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QD
Received 17 Apr 2025Newmains Farm A706 From Lanark To Forth Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8PA
Received 22 Apr 2025Hawthorn Cottage Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 22 Apr 20259A Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6AD
Received 22 Apr 2025Unit 1 18 Chapel Street Rutherglen G73 1JE
Received 23 Apr 2025Unit 1 18 Chapel Street Rutherglen G73 1JE
Received 23 Apr 2025Bannantyne Holdings 25 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 23 Apr 2025Mid Muirhouse Farm C37 From Harelaw Roundabout A706 To A70 At Tarbrax Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 24 Apr 202541 Main Street Symington Biggar ML12 6LL
Received 24 Apr 20258 Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6EQ
Received 24 Apr 20254 Cherry Tree Drive Blackwood Lanark ML11 9TF
Received 24 Apr 202583 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EA
Received 25 Apr 202534 Fallow Grove Cambuslang G72 6QH
Received 25 Apr 20256 Applegarth Road Strathaven ML10 6HT
Received 25 Apr 202520 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AS
Received 24 Apr 202510 Stroud Road East Kilbride G75 0YA
Received 25 Apr 2025Chesterhall Farm St Johns Kirk Wiston Biggar ML12 6HY
Received 25 Apr 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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