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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
30,112 approved · 1,235 refused · 2,202 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 10 Harestanes Industrial Estate Braidwood By Carluke ML8 5DD
Received 21 Jan 20149 Canonbie Lane Mavor Park Gardens East Kilbride G74 4GE
Received 22 Jan 2014Wolfcrooks Cottage Douglas Lanark ML11 9PA
Received 11 Dec 2013Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 23 Jan 2014Lightburn Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Jan 2014190 Main Street Blantyre G72 0ET
Received 10 Dec 201380 Brankholm Brae Hamilton ML3 9NU
Received 9 Dec 201312 Hamilton Park North Hamilton ML3 0FG
Received 26 Feb 201425 A Central Avenue Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8AY
Received 26 Feb 20142 Glen Nevis Place Cathkin Glasgow G73 5PJ
Received 20 Feb 2014Plot 18 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UL
Received 20 Feb 20142 Forth Court East Kilbride G75 8XE
Received 20 Feb 2014Millburn Glen Larkhall
Received 20 Feb 201411 Hagholm Road Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SG
Received 20 Feb 2014Shieldhill Castle Hotel Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 20 Feb 201462 Ness Drive East Kilbride Glasgow G74 2AB
Received 20 Feb 201457-59 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AH
Received 18 Feb 201439 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 17 Feb 201415 Stravenhouse Road Law Carluke ML8 5HH
Received 18 Feb 2014Mast At Hill Rig North Of Lanark
Received 17 Feb 2014Craigendhill Haspielaw Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RX
Received 17 Feb 201440 Baird Gardens Blantyre
Received 13 Jan 2014Kirk Road Dalserf ML9 3BL
Received 6 Jan 2014On Land At Craigen Hill Cartland
Received 6 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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