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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
24,107 approved · 887 refused · 1,859 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
87 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 3 Jun 20251 Silverbirch Gardens Limekilnburn Road Quarter ML3 7YN
Received 3 Jun 202535 Howieshill Road Cambuslang G72 8PW
Received 4 Jun 2025Turlood Equestrian Centre Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HN
Received 4 Jun 2025Kingdom Park Homes Holiday And Residential Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 4 Jun 20259A Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 4 Jun 2025Laigh Netherfield Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 4 Jun 2025Land 92M Northeast Of 2 Auchentibber Road Sydes Brae Blantyre G72 0TP
Received 5 Jun 202515 Springfield Gardens Lanark ML11 7PJ
Received 5 Jun 2025Bothwell Bridge Animal Welfare Centre Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0SB
Received 5 Jun 2025127 Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8XN
Received 5 Jun 2025Merkland House High Kype Road Strathaven ML10 6PR
Received 5 Jun 2025Land 1.6km Southeast Of Redshaw B7078 From Millbank A70 To Abington Int A702 Douglas Lanark ML11 0RN
Received 5 Jun 202525A High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 5 Jun 202514 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 6 Jun 2025Stonehill Forest B740 From Crawfordjohn B7078 Towards Sanquhar Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 6 Jun 2025Kinnelhead Wind Farm
Received 6 Jun 202520 Poppy Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AB
Received 6 Jun 2025Leaside 48 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 6 Jun 2025Annies Pantry Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DA
Received 6 Jun 202557D Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AQ
Received 9 Jun 20256 Moffat Place Blantyre G72 9DX
Received 9 Jun 20257 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell G71 8AR
Received 9 Jun 202511 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 6 Jun 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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