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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
24,852 approved · 925 refused · 1,917 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Teaths Farm Teaths Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 13 Aug 2025Land 38M West Of Rowhead Court Rowhead Terrace Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 Aug 202516 North Street Larkhall ML9 2AH
Received 14 Aug 202597 Grenville Drive Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire G72 8DW
Received 15 Aug 202532 Wakefield Avenue East Kilbride G75 8HG
Received 18 Aug 2025East Cathkin Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 18 Aug 20255C Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 18 Aug 202545 Clydesdale Avenue Hamilton ML3 7TD
Received 19 Aug 2025Land 100M Northwest Of East Rogerton Cottage Markethill Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Aug 2025Hamilton Race Course Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 19 Aug 2025Land 15M Northeast Of 47 Bellfield Road Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark
Received 19 Aug 2025Site Of Former House 17 Blairston Avenue Bothwell G71 8RZ
Received 19 Aug 2025Sunnyside House Mousemill Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UG
Received 19 Aug 20258 Hillhouse Gate Carluke ML8 4BW
Received 20 Aug 2025Unit 1C Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 20 Aug 202520 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 21 Aug 2025Site Of Former Cairns Primary School Cairnswell Avenue Cambuslang
Received 20 Aug 2025Land At Langshaw Farm Boghall Road Carluke ML8 5PF
Received 21 Aug 20252 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 21 Aug 20255A Wilson Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 21 Aug 2025St Columbkilles RC Church 2 Kirkwood Street Rutherglen G73 2SL
Received 21 Aug 20252 Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 22 Aug 202548 Howieshill Road Cambuslang G72 8PW
Received 22 Aug 2025Carrigans Eating House Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 22 Aug 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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