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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
27,675 approved · 1,113 refused · 2,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Burley Place East Kilbride G74 5LL
Received 15 Apr 20264 Waterfall Meadows Cleghorn ML11 7TF
Received 15 Apr 20261 Mossgiel Lane Larkhall ML9 2RT
Received 15 Apr 20261 Livingstone Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0BP
Received 15 Apr 202656 Bourtree Road Hamilton ML3 8PU
Received 15 Apr 20262 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6RS
Received 16 Apr 202619 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 16 Apr 2026The Stables Blackwood Estate Access For Blackwood House From B7086 Boghead To Carlisle Road Blackwood Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JG
Received 16 Apr 2026Roughhazie Farm Drumclog Highway Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QJ
Received 16 Apr 20261-2 46 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 16 Apr 20261 Silverwells Court Bothwell G71 8LT
Received 17 Apr 202658 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 17 Apr 202658 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 17 Apr 2026Larkfield Recreation Area Glenfruin Road Blantyre Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Apr 2026Land 100M North Of Beechfield Manor - Miller Homes Development Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 17 Apr 20262 Crawford Street Strathaven ML10 6AE
Received 17 Apr 20269 Barncluith Road Hamilton ML3 7DQ
Received 17 Apr 20268 Larocca Lane East Kilbride G74 4FJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Flat 2 25 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AQ
Received 20 Apr 20261 - 3 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 20 Apr 202631-37 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 20 Apr 2026Kirkfield Lodge Kilbank Road Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 21 Apr 202651 Brownside Road Cambuslang G72 8AG
Received 21 Apr 202628 Hamilton Street Larkhall ML9 2AU
Received 21 Apr 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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