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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
25,539 approved · 966 refused · 1,942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenaton Farm A70 From Carnwath To Boundary By Tarbrax Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LQ
Received 2 Oct 20252 Leeward Circle East Kilbride G75 8PB
Received 2 Oct 2025Biggar Caravan Park Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6HA
Received 1 Oct 2025Canderavon Day Care Queen Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EE
Received 3 Oct 202514 Powburn Crescent Uddingston G71 7SS
Received 3 Oct 202542 Hazelwood Road Strathaven ML10 6HG
Received 3 Oct 202539 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 3 Oct 20255 Shields Loan Lanark ML11 7PH
Received 6 Oct 202519 Invercargill East Kilbride G75 8RE
Received 6 Oct 2025Car Park At Tesco Extra Rutherglen Retail Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 6 Oct 2025Car Park At Tesco Extra Rutherglen Retail Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 6 Oct 2025Plot 3 Land 45M West Of 37 Merlewood Avenue Merlewood Avenue Bothwell
Received 6 Oct 2025Carmacoup And Penbreck Forest Glentaggart Road Glespin Lanark
Received 6 Oct 2025110 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 7 Oct 2025David Lloyd Clubs Hamilton Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6BY
Received 7 Oct 2025Power Station Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 7 Oct 202512 Sidehead Holdings Sidehead Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PG
Received 7 Oct 202523 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 7 Oct 202520 Westercrofts Biggar ML12 6DX
Received 8 Oct 202528 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 8 Oct 2025Flat 3 Kirkfield 12A Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PH
Received 8 Oct 2025Land 60M ENE Of Clyde Valley Kindergarten Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark
Received 8 Oct 2025Land At Poniel/Happendon Wood Douglas
Received 9 Oct 202513 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TY
Received 9 Oct 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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