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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
100 Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RA
Received 6 Sept 2016Land North Of Holm Road Crossford Carluke
Received 11 Aug 2016Blantyre Mills Electricity Generating Station Station Road Blantyre G72 9BA
Received 27 Jul 2016Millhouse Station Road Blantyre G72 9BA
Received 27 Jul 2016Braeside Cottage Yieldshields Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 7 Jul 2016Burnpark Burn Road Hamilton ML3 7XP
Received 11 May 2016Land Known As East Overton Glassford Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 10 Mar 201617 Kirkland Park Strathaven ML10 6AR
Received 30 Oct 201538 Camnethan Street Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 29 Dec 201712 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 20 Dec 201716 Daisy Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6WW
Received 23 Nov 20173 Milton Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BQ
Received 25 Oct 201717 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AR
Received 18 Oct 201789 Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen G73 4EX
Received 9 Oct 20171 Craigfell Court Hamilton ML3 8UU
Received 29 Sept 201728 Woodlands Avenue Law ML8 5JL
Received 22 Sept 2017Land At Valleyfield House Abington ML12 6FL
Received 26 Sept 2017Somerfield Rankin Gait Centre Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4AT
Received 22 Sept 201710 Springfield Gate East Kilbride G75 9QB
Received 14 Sept 2017Entrance To Rutherglen Links Business Park Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 17 Jul 2015Colliore Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 28 Jul 201531 Inch Marnock East Kilbride G74 0JQ
Received 27 Jul 201530 Hay Crescent Newton G72 6QA
Received 13 Jul 2015Unit 10 A & B (Phase 4) Cadzow Gait 226-232 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 13 Jul 2015Records 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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