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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
26,382 approved · 1,037 refused · 1,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hazeltree Crescent Cambuslang G72 8FW
Received 9 Dec 2025Land 300M Southwest Of Northwoodside A743 From Lanark To Ravenstruther Lanark
Received 9 Dec 20255 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 10 Dec 20254A Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 10 Dec 202523 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 10 Dec 20254A Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 10 Dec 202512 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DG
Received 11 Dec 2025Land 190M ESE Of Huntlybank House Huntlybank Lane Ravenstruther Lanark
Received 11 Dec 2025Gateside Farm Kilncadzow Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QN
Received 11 Dec 2025Entrerprise Rent A Car 110 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1SU
Received 10 Dec 2025Land 38M NNE Of McDonald's Rutherglen Retail Park Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 11 Dec 2025Robiesland Farm Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 11 Dec 20253 Alice Gardens (Plot 41) Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RH
Received 11 Dec 202533 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride G74 4TN
Received 11 Dec 2025Land 27M Northeast Of The Birches Elmwood Nursery Biggar Road Symington Biggar
Received 11 Dec 2025272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SB
Received 12 Dec 2025272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SB
Received 12 Dec 2025Howgate Farm Cottage Howgate Road Thankerton ML12 6NQ
Received 15 Dec 2025Unit 4 Phase 2 Lloyd Street Rutherglen G73 1NP
Received 15 Dec 20255 Sempie Street Hamilton ML3 9JL
Received 15 Dec 20258 Glenburn Terrace Carluke ML8 5AR
Received 15 Dec 202529 Craigenhill Road (Plot 1) Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QT
Received 15 Dec 202527 Bourtree Road Hamilton ML3 8QA
Received 15 Dec 2025103 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2BE
Received 16 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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