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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
29,935 approved · 1,227 refused · 2,192 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Angle Street Stonehouse ML9 3LB
Received 14 Jan 2014Kings Beck Birthwood Road Coulter ML12 6QB
Received 14 Jan 201463 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 14 Jan 2014The Gardens Auchenheath House Lanark Road Auchenheath ML11 9UX
Received 11 Dec 2013Brewshot Farm Braehead Forth ML11 8HB
Received 21 Jan 201435 Hume Drive Uddingston G71 7DN
Received 18 Dec 20136 - 8 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 18 Dec 2013146 Parkville Drive Blantyre G72 0XL
Received 7 Jan 2014103 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BE
Received 18 Dec 201336 Viewmount Crescent Strathaven ML10 6NU
Received 12 Dec 2013Highside Of Newton Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 11 Dec 201310 Park Drive Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AS
Received 23 Jan 201486 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DJ
Received 21 Jan 2014Bluefaulds Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SG
Received 30 Dec 20135 Blackburn Grove Strathaven ML10 6XA
Received 30 Dec 201312 Kildare Road Lanark ML11 7AE
Received 20 Dec 2013111 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 19 Dec 20138 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven ML10 6JS
Received 19 Dec 2013Fields East Of Stonehouse Road Road Opp Tweediehall Farm Sandford
Received 24 Feb 201425 Calabar Court Burnside Rutherglen G73 5RL
Received 12 Feb 2014Lonsdale Farm Newlandsmuir East Kilbride G75 8YE
Received 4 Feb 20142 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 22 Jan 201410 Moray Gate Bothwell G71 8BY
Received 22 Jan 2014111 Strathaven Road Stonehouse ML9 3PA
Received 22 Jan 2014Records 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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