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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
28,692 approved · 1,157 refused · 2,117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jul 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Almada Street Montrose Crescent Hamilton ML3 6LJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Rivendell Park Douglas
Received 14 Jul 2026Smithstone House Udston Mill Road Stonehouse ML9 3FL
Received 15 Jul 202625 Laighmuir Street Uddingston G71 7JX
Received 16 Jul 2026East Kilbride 275kV Grid Substation Cairnmuir Road East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Jul 2026Land 70M Northwest Of 10 Manse Road Manse Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8PZ
Received 16 Jul 202621 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 17 Jul 2026The Heron Farm Shop Kindrochet High Brownside And Caldergreen Highway Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 17 Jul 20266 Bonnington Avenue Lanark ML11 9AL
Received 17 Jul 20261 Regents Gate Bothwell G71 8QU
Received 20 Jul 2026Greenhill Wood B7055 From Wiston A73 To Mountstewart Access Wiston Biggar
Received 20 Jul 202638 Kane Place Stonehouse ML9 3NR
Received 20 Jul 2026Redshaw To Hagshaw Tee To Bankend Rig III Substation
Received 14 Jul 202661 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 21 Jul 202680 Skylark Gardens Cambuslang G72 6AZ
Received 22 Jul 2026Former Dolphinton School C36 From Newbigging To Dolphinton A702 Dolphinton West Linton South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Jul 2026Hawks Close Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 22 Jul 20265 Fleetwith Lane East Kilbride G75 7AR
Received 22 Jul 2026132 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 22 Jul 202632 Miller Street Larkhall ML9 2HL
Received 22 Jul 2026Ravengill Energy Park B797 From Abington A702 To Leadhills Leadhills Biggar
Received 15 Jul 2026110 Alison Lea East Kilbride G74 3HP
Received 23 Jul 2026Land 60M Northwest Of Yett Farm Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke
Received 23 Jul 2026Crutherland View A726 From East Kilbride To Chapelton East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 23 Jul 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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