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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
24,670 approved · 914 refused · 1,901 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
37 Main Street Douglas Lanark ML11 0QW
Received 22 Jul 2025Yard 6 Leckie Drive Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9FN
Received 22 Jul 2025Easton Farm Medwynbank Road Dunsyre Lanark ML11 8NQ
Received 22 Jul 2025Damacia Ayr Road Rigside Lanark ML11 9NP
Received 22 Jul 2025Rowan House Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 23 Jul 202530 Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XA
Received 23 Jul 20256 Bourtree Road Hamilton ML3 8QA
Received 24 Jul 2025Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9AT
Received 18 Jul 2025Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 24 Jul 2025Hagshaw Hill III Wind Farm Opencast Mine At Poniel - Access Roads Douglas
Received 24 Jul 20254 Clare Terrace East Kilbride G75 7BY
Received 24 Jul 2025Site Of Former Lindsay House 37 Kittoch Street East Kilbride G74 4BF
Received 24 Jul 20252 Albert Park Braidwood Carluke ML8 4RZ
Received 25 Jul 202574 Healds Drive Strathaven ML10 6XL
Received 25 Jul 20257 New Road Cambuslang G72 7PU
Received 25 Jul 20255 Millar Grove Hamilton ML3 9BF
Received 25 Jul 20251 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 28 Jul 202514 Powburn Crescent Uddingston G71 7SS
Received 28 Jul 2025Geppetto Nursery School 26A Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 28 Jul 20254 Barrie Avenue Bothwell G71 8FA
Received 28 Jul 2025Land At Blantyre North Of Calderside Road Blantyre G72 9UF
Received 29 Jul 2025Land 56M ENE Of Shields Of Cross Reguill A723 From Strathaven To Hamilton Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jul 202569 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3JT
Received 29 Jul 20253 Castlehill Green East Kilbride G74 5BY
Received 30 Jul 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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