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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
C T S Corporation Ltd Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate G72 0XA
Received 9 Aug 2016Land At Crookedstane Biggar
Received 31 May 20166 Birchfield Road Hamilton ML3 8NR
Received 20 Apr 2016Low Lanrigg Farm Spital Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PS
Received 12 Feb 201644 Watson Street Blantyre G72 9SJ
Received 26 Jan 20168 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8BS
Received 19 Jan 2016Annsfield Farm Off Strathaven Road Hamilton ML3 7UU
Received 22 Dec 201522 Galston Court Hamilton ML3 7YH
Received 23 Nov 201575 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 11 Nov 201526 Market Place Carluke ML8 4BP
Received 19 Aug 201662 Newton Avenue Cambuslang G72 7RT
Received 26 Jul 20167 Ravenswood Road Strathaven ML10 6JB
Received 5 Oct 2017Cathkin Braes Golf Club Cathkin Road Rutherglen G73 4SE
Received 11 Jul 20172 Broom Drive Larkhall ML9 2BA
Received 14 Jun 20171A Burns Street Hamilton ML3 6PL
Received 20 Apr 201739 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GX
Received 12 Apr 2017Land At Kittoch Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 11 Apr 2017Bonnington Hydro Power Station Lanark
Received 29 Mar 201713 Quarry Park The Murray East Kilbride G75 0EE
Received 21 Mar 2017St Josephs House Mayberry Place Blantyre G72 9DA
Received 28 Feb 201718 Alba Way Hamilton ML3 7QT
Received 2 Feb 20177 Birkdale Court Bothwell G71 8UA
Received 22 Aug 20173 Broomfield Street Netherburn ML9 3BX
Received 22 Aug 2017Bankwood Farm Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HJ
Received 21 Aug 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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