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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
30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Southend Grove Strathaven ML10 6QS
Received 29 Mar 201741 & 43 Wellgatehead Lanark ML11 9AA
Received 9 Feb 2017Napier Building Reynolds Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QF
Received 14 Sept 201618 Reid Street Hamilton ML3 0RQ
Received 24 Aug 20168 Torrance Road East Kilbride G74 1AR
Received 23 Aug 2016Near Albert Cottage Belstane Town Farm Stonedyke Road Carluke
Received 10 Aug 20168 Duke Street Hamilton ML3 7DT
Received 20 Jul 2016110 Main Street Forth ML11 8AB
Received 11 Jul 201624 Brownlee Road Law ML8 5JD
Received 29 Jun 20162 Balmoral Drive Cambuslang G72 8BG
Received 27 Jan 201632 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7JG
Received 27 Jan 2016Croft-An-Righ Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7AB
Received 27 Jan 201617 Middleton Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall ML9 2TL
Received 26 Jan 2016Allershaw Lodge Elvanfoot ML12 6TJ
Received 26 Jan 2016Cuningar Loop Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1PW
Received 26 Jan 201631 Cityford Drive Rutherglen G73 2QS
Received 26 Jan 201618 Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 5 Jan 201631 Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RG
Received 22 Dec 2015Braefield Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 4 Dec 20154 Deneburn Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YG
Received 3 Dec 2015St Brides R C Church Whitemoss Avenue East Kilbride G74 1NN
Received 2 Dec 20154 Brodie Place East Kilbride G74 4SS
Received 3 Nov 201518 Hilary Avenue Rutherglen G73 3LT
Received 22 Oct 2015Site Of Former Rolls Royce Factory Mavor Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 21 Dec 2017Records 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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