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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
26,199 approved · 1,020 refused · 1,986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 2006 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Drummond Place East Kilbride G74 3AD
Received 3 Dec 202583 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EA
Received 3 Dec 20257 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 4 Dec 2025Caravan Storage Yard Whiteshawgate Highway Strathaven ML10 6SY
Received 4 Dec 2025310 New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JS
Received 4 Dec 20256 Langside Road Bothwell G71 8NG
Received 4 Dec 20257 Bothwellpark Road Bothwell G71 8AQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Land 275M North Of Coalburn Substation B7078 From Cairnhouses C13 To Millbank Int A70 Lesmahagow Lanark
Received 4 Dec 2025First Blantyre Depot 5 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0LA
Received 5 Dec 2025Unit C Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 5 Dec 2025Land 265M NNW Of Lampits Farm Cottages Lampits Road Carstairs Junction ML11 8RR
Received 5 Dec 2025Biggar Kirk Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DT
Received 5 Dec 202536 Millheugh Brae Larkhall ML9 1AS
Received 5 Dec 202514 Cathkin Gate Rutherglen G73 5RW
Received 5 Dec 2025134 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3JA
Received 5 Dec 20252 Dukes Gate Bothwell G71 8SN
Received 8 Dec 202548 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 8 Dec 202524 Jane Drive East Kilbride G75 7BD
Received 8 Dec 202510 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 8 Dec 2025Land 63M Northwest Of 38 Lanark Road Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 4PW
Received 8 Dec 2025Masons Arms Hotel 30 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 8 Dec 2025Land To The East Of 12 Sidehead Holdings Sidehead Road Stonehouse ML9 3PG
Received 8 Dec 20256 Ross Terrace Ferniegair ML3 7UD
Received 8 Dec 202535 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 5 Dec 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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