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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
27,238 approved · 1,087 refused · 2,044 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
331A Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UU
Received 12 Mar 2026Kirkwood Cottage Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 13 Mar 2026Esso Filling Station Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 13 Mar 202647 Hamilton Street Larkhall ML9 2AT
Received 13 Mar 2026Draffanmuir Farm Larkhall ML9 3DQ
Received 13 Mar 2026147 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre G72 9NT
Received 13 Mar 202615 Ardlui Gardens Hamilton ML3 8QJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Land Previously Known As 344 Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RW
Received 16 Mar 2026Land 120M Northwest Of Ard Taigh Kilbank Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark
Received 16 Mar 2026Nether Skellyhill C14 From Deadwaters B7086 To Coalburn Lesmahagow ML11 0HL
Received 16 Mar 202623 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HE
Received 17 Mar 2026Unit 2 & 3B 202 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QR
Received 17 Mar 202613 Avonside Meadows Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 10 Mar 2026Land 200M WNW Of Police Training College Eaglesham Road Jackton
Received 18 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To 95 Carlise Road Abington Biggar ML12 6SD
Received 18 Mar 202630 Alder Gate Cambuslang G72 7ZF
Received 18 Mar 2026Covington Mains Farm Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NE
Received 18 Mar 20262 Tay Grove East Kilbride G75 8XB
Received 19 Mar 2026Land 38M Northwest Of 27 St Andrews Drive St Andrews Drive Law Carluke
Received 19 Mar 2026Land 85 Metres South Of 51 Brocketsbrae Road Lesmahagow
Received 16 Mar 202619 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TE
Received 20 Mar 20262 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JH
Received 19 Mar 20261 Birkdale Court Bothwell G71 8UA
Received 20 Mar 202613A Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 20 Mar 2026Records 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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