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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
25,225 approved · 943 refused · 1,929 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2006 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Andrew Sykes Hire Ltd Bogleshole Road Cambuslang G72 7DD
Received 15 Sept 2025Roughhazie Farm Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 15 Sept 2025Unit 6C - 6D Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride G75 0ZY
Received 15 Sept 2025Andrew Sykes Hire Ltd Bogleshole Road Cambuslang G72 7DD
Received 15 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To Woodpark Primary School Priory Road Lesmahagow ML11 0AD
Received 16 Sept 2025Development Plot Upper Corra Farm Sandilands Lanark
Received 16 Sept 20251 - 3 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AA
Received 16 Sept 2025103 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 16 Sept 20254B Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 16 Sept 20254B Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 16 Sept 20251 Culzean Place East Kilbride G74 4BG
Received 17 Sept 2025Roughhazie Farm Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven
Received 17 Sept 202562 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 17 Sept 2025Ila Nohr 1 Feu Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TE
Received 17 Sept 2025Hawks Close Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 17 Sept 2025North Cumberhead Farm Stockbriggs From New Trows C13 To Cumberhead Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HN
Received 17 Sept 2025Railway Bridge 180M NNW Of Lampits Farm Cottages Lampits Road Carstairs Junction Lanark
Received 18 Sept 202572 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 18 Sept 2025Rigside Nursery School Muirfoot Road Rigside Lanark ML11 9NE
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Next To Millhill Tarbrax Lanark ML11 8LW
Received 19 Sept 202511A Westport Lanark ML11 9HD
Received 22 Sept 2025Dungavel House IRC Hamilton Drive Dungavel Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 22 Sept 2025Dungavel House IRC Hamilton Drive Dungavel Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 22 Sept 2025Former Vogue Cinema And Bingo Hall 11 Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 22 Sept 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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